Bernina

Swiss mountain range

Bernina refers to a peak in the Swiss Alps, the highest in the Eastern Alps at over 4,000 meters.

The name extends to the surrounding mountain range (the Bernina Range) and the Bernina Pass connecting Switzerland and Italy.

Bernina is also a Swiss manufacturer of sewing machines, established in 1893 near the mountain that gave it its name.

Swiss

Swiss

Of a neutral alpine nation

quality · engineering · heritage · innovation · reliability · premium · European · manufacturing · Swiss-made · durability

sewing

sewing machines

Devices that join fabric

overlock · serger · bobbin · thread · needle · foot pedal · tension · buttonhole · appliqué · monogramming

mountain

Alps

European mountain system

  • summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
  • peakUtmost height attained
  • glacierSlow-moving ice mass

massif · elevation · alpinism · climbing · ridge · St. Moritz · cordillera · altitude · avalanche · trekking

pass

railway

Track system for trains

switchback · panoramic

Opposites
alpine geography (east vs west)

BerninaMont Blanc

Highest Alpine mountain

Matterhorn

elevation extremes

BerninaDead Sea

Landlocked hypersaline lake

sea level · lowlands · Po Valley · Death Valley · plains

alpine prominence - highest peaks vs lesser peaks

Berninafoothills

Low elevations below mountains

valley floor

Family

Bernese

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G