Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch

Date of the Experience: 15 June 2011

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Video of the Experience

This video has been recorded during the train trip to the Jungfraujoch-Top of Europe and the visit of the turist attractions.

Video of train trip and visit of the Jungfraujoch-Top of Europe

View of the river and mountains from Stechelberg

View of the Jungfrau glacier from the Sphinx's panoramic terrace

View of the Top of Europe: Ice Gateway, Train Station/Cafeteria building, and Sphinx

View of the Jungfrau glacier and Top of Europe train station and cafeteria

A view of the Jungfrau from the View Point

Natural Site Details

View of the Aletsch Glacier from the Sphinx Observation Terrace at the Jungfraujoch-Top of Europe, Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch, Switzerland

A view of the Aletsch Glacier from the Sphinx Observation Terrace at the Jungfraujoch-Top of Europe

Name: Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
State: Switzerland
Region: Europe and North America
Coordinates: 46.5000000000, 8.0333333333
Date of Inscription: 2001
Criteria: (vii)(viii)(ix)
Reference Number: 1037 Bis

Short Description: The extension of the natural World Heritage property of Jungfrau - Aletsch - Bietschhorn (first inscribed in 2001), expands the site to the east and west, bringing its surface area up to 82,400 ha., up from 53,900. The site provides an outstanding example of the formation of the High Alps, including the most glaciated part of the mountain range and the largest glacier in Eurasia. It features a wide diversity of ecosystems, including successional stages due particularly to the retreat of glaciers resulting from climate change. The site is of outstanding universal value both for its beauty and for the wealth of information it contains about the formation of mountains and glaciers, as well as ongoing climate change. It is also invaluable in terms of the ecological and biological processes it illustrates, notably through plan succession. Its impressive landscape has played an important role in European art, literature, mountaineering and alpine tourism.