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Wildi Frau

Coordinates: 46°30′15″N 7°46′48″E / 46.50417°N 7.78000°E / 46.50417; 7.78000
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Wildi Frau
The Wildi Frau (centre left) and the Ufem Stock (centre right)
Highest point
Elevation3,274 m (10,741 ft)
Prominence155 m (509 ft)[1]
Parent peakBlüemlisalp
Coordinates46°30′15″N 7°46′48″E / 46.50417°N 7.78000°E / 46.50417; 7.78000
Geography
Wildi Frau is located in Switzerland
Wildi Frau
Wildi Frau
Location in Switzerland
LocationBern, Switzerland
Parent rangeBernese Alps

The Wildi Frau (Swiss German, literally meaning the Wild Woman) is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Hohtürli Pass in the Bernese Oberland. It lies between the valleys of Kandersteg and Kiental, north of the Blüemlisalp. It lies 60 km at the southwest of the capital, Bern. Its highest point is at 3,274 m (10,741 ft) above the sea level. The width on its base is 0.65 km.

The terrain around the Wildi Frau is mainly rocky. The nearest peak is the Wyssi Frau, at 3,648 m above the sea level, 1.4 km at the south of the Wildi Frau. The nearest community is Frutigen, 13.6 km at the northwest of Wildi Frau.

The area around the Wildi Frau is permanently covered with ice and snow and very sparsely populated, with 6 inhabitants per square kilometer.

References

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  1. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Blüemlisalpsattel (3,119 m).
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