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The Top of Europe is a high-altitude building located in the Swiss canton of Jungfraujoch
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{{coord missing, Switzerland Buildings and structures in Valais
The Top of Europe is a high-altitude building located in the Swiss canton of Valais
Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 ...
. It overlooks the eternal snows of the Aletsch Glacier
The Aletsch Glacier (german: Aletschgletscher, ) or Great Aletsch Glacier () is the largest glacier in the Alps. It has a length of about (2014), has about a volume of (2011), and covers about (2011) in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Swiss ca ...
from the south side of the Jungfraujoch
The Jungfraujoch (German: lit. "maiden saddle") is a saddle connecting two major 4000ers of the Bernese Alps: the Jungfrau and the Mönch. It lies at an elevation of above sea level and is directly overlooked by the rocky prominence of the Sphinx ...
, at a height of above sea level. It is connected to the underground Jungfraujoch railway station
Jungfraujoch is an underground railway station situated near the Jungfraujoch, in the canton of Valais, a few metres from the border with the canton of Canton of Bern, Bern. At above sea level, it is the terminus of the Jungfrau Railway and the ...
by a tunnel and to the Sphinx Observatory
The Sphinx Observatory is an astronomical observatory located above the Jungfraujoch in Switzerland. It is named after the ''Sphinx'', a rocky summit on which it is located. At above mean sea level, it is one of the highest observatories in the ...
by an elevator. It has five levels.
The Top of Europe includes several restaurants and a permanent exhibition about the Jungfrau Railway
The Jungfrau Railway (german: Jungfraubahn, JB) is a mountain railway in the Bernese Alps, connecting Kleine Scheidegg in the Bernese Oberland to the Jungfraujoch, across the Valais border. The railway, which uses a and racks, runs from the st ...
and the Alps
The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Sw ...
. It also includes Europe's highest-altitude post office. An older building includes a research station.ifjungo.ch
See also
*List of buildings and structures in Switzerland above 3000 m
This is a list of buildings and infrastructures above in Switzerland. As this height approximately corresponds to the level of the climatic snow line in the Alps, infrastructures located above it are generally subject to harsh weather condition ...
References
External links
Official website
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