The region consists of the area around Meiringen and Hasliberg up to Grimsel Pass (), around Lake Thun () and Lake Brienz, and the valleys of many high mountains with the towering Jungfrau Peak (), the area southwest of the Lake Thun with Kandersteg (connection to the Valais) and Adelboden, and the area round Gstaad and Lenk in the Simmental. The mountain range in the Berner Oberland south of the Aare and north of the Rhône are collectively called the Bernese Alps.