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• Bernese Alps — a mountain range in SW Switzerland, part of the Alps: highest peak, 14,026 ft. (4275 m). * * * German Berner Oberland Segment of the Alps, Switzerland. It lies north of the Rhône River and south of Brienzer and Thuner lakes and extends east from… …   Universalium