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Silberhorn
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| Silberhorn | |
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 Northern wall of the Jungfrau, with the Silberhorn (right) |
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| Elevation | 3,695 metres (12,122 feet) |
| Location | Switzerland |
| Range | Bernese Alps |
| Coordinates | |
The Silberhorn (3,695 m) is a pyramid-shaped mountain in the Bernese Alps, to the north-west of the Jungfrau of which it is a satellite peak.
The north-west ridge was first ascended in 1865 by the Rev. James John Hornby, Rev. Thomas Henry Philpot, with guides Christian and Ulrich Almer, Johann Bischof and Christian Lauener.
In a 1968 letter, J. R. R. Tolkien identified the Silberhorn as it appeared to him when camping near Mürren in 1911 as "the Silvertine (Celebdil) of my dreams".
Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, The High Mountains of the Alps, London: Diadem, 1994
