The Jungfrau is the westernmost and highest point of a gigantic wall dominating the valleys of Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald. The wall is formed by the alignment of some of the biggest north faces in the Alps, with the Mönch () and Eiger () to the east of the Jungfrau, and overlooks the valleys to its north by a height of up to . The Jungfrau is approximately from the Eiger; with the summit of the Mönch between the two mountains, from the Jungfrau. The Jungfraujoch is the saddle between the Jungfrau and the Mönch and the Eigerjoch is the saddle between the Mönch and the Eiger. The wall is extended to the east by the Fiescherwand and to the west by the Lauterbrunnen Wall, although it follows different directions from the Jungfrau and the Eiger.