Oberaletsch Glacier

E509359

valley glacier

Oberaletsch Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, known for its rugged ice landscape and proximity to the Aletschhorn.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mittelaletsch Glacier	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	valley glacier ⓘ
accessPoint	Belalp NERFINISHED ⓘ Nessjeri NERFINISHED ⓘ
climateZone	alpine climate ⓘ
contributesTo	Massa hydrology ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
drainageBasin	Rhône basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsInto	Massa River NERFINISHED ⓘ
glacierSystem	Aletsch region glaciers NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMountainHut	Oberaletschhütte NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasType	temperate glacier ⓘ
highestSurroundingPeak	Aletschhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageRegion	German-speaking Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
length	about 9 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Bernese Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ canton of Valais NERFINISHED ⓘ
monitoredBy	Swiss glacier monitoring network NERFINISHED ⓘ
mountainRange	Bernese Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Aletschhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Unteraletsch Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic icefalls ⓘ proximity to Aletschhorn ⓘ remote alpine setting ⓘ
orientation	roughly southwest–northeast ⓘ
partOf	Bernese Alps glaciation ⓘ Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area NERFINISHED ⓘ
separatedFrom	Aletsch Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	retreating glacier ⓘ
surfaceFeature	crevasses ⓘ moraines ⓘ rugged ice landscape ⓘ
surroundedBy	Aletschhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Driestichorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Nesthorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Sattelhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourism	popular hiking destination ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	within Jungfrau-Aletsch World Heritage Site ⓘ
usedFor	alpine mountaineering ⓘ glacier hiking ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aletschhorn → overlooks → Oberaletsch Glacier ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mittelaletsch Glacier