Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Also known as Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (viii), (ix).
Region
Europe and North America
Switzerland
Inscribed
2001
Area
82,400 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch is about 65 km south-east of Bern. The nearest other World Heritage site is Old City of Berne, about 65 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Sion · about 28,000 peopleabout 60 km south-west
- Bern · about 275,000 peopleabout 65 km north-west
- Luzern · about 250,000 peopleabout 65 km north
- Fribourg · about 33,000 peopleabout 75 km north-west
- Zug · about 23,000 peopleabout 85 km north-east
- Lugano · about 105,000 peopleabout 90 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
SwitzerlandCultural67 km away
SwitzerlandCultural83 km away
SwitzerlandNatural96 km away
SwitzerlandCultural99 km away
SwitzerlandNatural104 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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