JUNGFRAUJOCH - ON TOP OF EUROPE IN FULLSCREEN PANORAMAS
Panoramas of the Swiss Jungfrau mountain range and meteorological research station.
by Michelle Bienias
The high altitude, clear air and easy access by mountain railway makes the Jungfraujoch one of Switzerland’s most attractive destinations, as well as an ideal location for scientific work such as meteorology. The Jungfraujoch has a 4148 meter peak, 24 km long Aletsh Glacier, Europe’s highest elevation post office and the Jungfraujoch Railway Station, which reaches an altitude of 345 m. 
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The Jungfrau (young maiden) mountain range includes the almost vertical Eiger, the Monch and the Jungfrau. In 2001 UNESCO named the Jungfraujoch a World Natural Heritage site, the first such designation in the Alpine region. The Jungfrau Region south of Interlaken is perhaps the most dramatic and memorable mountain scenery in Switzerland, due to the quantity and sheer scale of the three giant peaks – the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau – rising side by side to 4000m. The Jungfrau is the highest at 4148m and the mountain trains culminate at the Jungfraujoch, just below the peak, at the highest train station in Europe. Stretching south from the Jungfraujoch is the Aletsch Glacier, Europe’s largest valley glacier. From the Jungfraujoch viewing platform you can also look north and on a clear day you can see as far as the Black Forest in Germany. The Research Station and Sphinx Laboratory at Jungfraujoch run the Foundation with the purpose of making possible scientific research that must be carried out at high altitudes or in high alpine climates. The plateau at Jungfraujoch, just outside the ice palace, is a superb spot to view the northern Alps.
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