Tags: World Heritage Site.
The Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area (officially Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch) is located in south-western Switzerland between the cantons of Berne and Valais. It is a mountainous region in the easternmost side of the Bernese Alps containing the northern wall of Jungfrau and Eiger and the largest glaciated area in western Eurasia comprising the Aletsch Glacier. The Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area is the first World Natural Heritage site in the Alps it was inscribed in 2001.
