JUNGFRAU
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JUNGFRAU , a well-known Swiss mountain 03,669 ft.), admirably seen from Interlaken. It rises on the frontier between the cantons of Bern and of the Valais , and is reckoned among the peaks of the Bernese Oberland, two of which (the Finsteraarhorn, 14,026 ft., and the Aletschhorn, 13,721 ft.) surpass it in height. It was first ascended in 18r1 by the brothers Meyer, and again in 1812 by Gottlieb Meyer (son of J. R. Meyer), in both cases by the eastern or Valais side, the foot of which (the final ascent being made by the 18111812 route) was reached in 1828 over the MOnchjoch by six peasants from Grindelwald. In 1841 Principal J. D. Forbes, with Agassiz, Desor and Du Chatelier, made the fourth ascent by the 1812 route. It was not till 1865 that Sir George Young See Also: - YOUNG
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(1773-1829) and the Rev. H. B. George succeeded in making the first ascent from the west or Interlaken side. This is a far more difficult route than that from the east , the latter being now frequently taken in the course of the summer. (W. A. B. C.)
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