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Wetterhorn summit was first reached on August 31, 1844, by the Grindelwald guides Hans Jaun and Melchior Bannholzer, three days after they had co-guided a large party organized by the geologist
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156:Location in Switzerland
16:Mountain in Switzerland
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109:46.638750°N 8.115528°E
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761:BlĂĽemlisalp
736:Bietschhorn
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681:Aletschhorn
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87:Coordinates
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443:References
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425:Mettenberg
283:Interlaken
244:Mittelhorn
232:Swiss Alps
224:Wetterhorn
150:Wetterhorn
100:8°6′55.9″E
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457:Swisstopo
316:Meiringen
303:In 1866,
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125:Geography
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840:Fiescher
804:Unteraar
770:Glaciers
751:Nesthorn
731:Ebnefluh
716:GrĂĽnhorn
686:Jungfrau
314:and his
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