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Finsteraarhorn

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Fin·ster·aar·horn  (fnstr-ärhôrn)
A peak, 4,276.7 m (14,022 ft) high, of the Bernese Alps in south-central Switzerland. It is the highest elevation in the range.
Finsteraarhorn (German) [ˌfɪnstərˈaːrhɔrn]
n
(Placename) a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak in the Bernese Alps. Height: 4274 m (14 022 ft.)
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The inferior mountains on each side of the pass form a sort of frame for the picture of their dread lord, and close in the view so completely that no other prominent feature in the Oberland is visible from this BONG-A-BONG; nothing withdraws the attention from the solitary grandeur of the Finsteraarhorn and the dependent spurs which form the abutments of the central peak.
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