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Jungfrau

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Jung·frau  (yngfrou)
A mountain, 4,160.8 m (13,642 ft) high, in the Bernese Alps of south-central Switzerland. It was first scaled in 1811.

Jungfrau (German) [ˈjʊŋfrau]
n
(Placename) a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps south of Interlaken. Height: 4158 m (13 642 ft.)


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For some reason, the Jungfrau seemed quite eager to pay her respects.
We swept through the prettiest little curving arms of the lake, among these colossal green walls, enjoying new delights, always, as the stately panorama unfolded itself before us and rerolled and hid itself behind us; and now and then we had the thrilling surprise of bursting suddenly upon a tremendous white mass like the distant and dominating Jungfrau, or some kindred giant, looming head and shoulders above a tumbled waste of lesser Alps.
 
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