- Silberhorn
Infobox Mountain
Name = Silberhorn
Photo = Silberhorn.jpg
Elevation = convert|3695|m|ft|0
Location =Switzerland
Range=Bernese Alps
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Coordinates = coord|46|32|32|N|7|56|56|E|region:CH-BE_type:mountain|display=inline,title
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Translation = | Language =The Silberhorn (3,695 m) is a pyramid-shapedmountain in the Bernese Alps, to the northwest of theJungfrau of which it is a satellite peak.The northwest 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 nearMürren in 1911 as "the Silvertine (Celebdil ) of my dreams".References
*Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, "The High Mountains of the Alps", London: Diadem, 1994
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