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Most of Switzerland is composed of a mountainous plateau bordered by the great bulk of the Alps on the south and by the Jura Mountains on the northwest. The tallest peak of the Swiss Alps is the Dufourspitze at 15,203 ft (4,634 m). It is one of 10 summits of the Monte Rosa massif. The country's largest lakes are Geneva, Constance (Bodensee), and Maggiore. The Rhine, navigable from Basel to the North Sea, is the principal inland waterway. Switzerland is because of it's mountans a popular ski destination.
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Path up Mount Pilatus towards Fräkmüntegg
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Exercising with ropes at Fräkmüntegg with Mount Pilatus in the background
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Fräkmüntegg near Lucerne
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Looking down at Lake Lucerne from Fräkmüntegg
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Lonely tree at Fräkmüntegg
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Swiss mountain landscape at Fräkmüntegg