Aletsch Glacier

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glacier valley glacier

Aletsch Glacier is the largest and longest glacier in the Alps, renowned for its impressive ice mass and location within the UNESCO-listed Jungfrau-Aletsch region of Switzerland.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Great Aletsch Glacier 1
Grosser Aletschgletscher 1
Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacier ⓘ
valley glacier ⓘ
affectedBy climate change ⓘ
drainsInto Massa River NERFINISHED ⓘ
feeds Massa River NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsTowards southwest ⓘ
formsPartOf Aletsch Arena ski area ⓘ
surface form: Aletsch Arena tourist region
hasAccumulationAreaNear Aletschfirn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jungfraujoch NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArea about 31 square miles ⓘ
around 80 square kilometers ⓘ
hasFeature crevasses ⓘ
icefall zones ⓘ
moraines ⓘ
hasLanguageNameGerman Aletsch Glacier self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grosser Aletschgletscher
hasLength about 23 km ⓘ
approximately 14 miles ⓘ
hasMaximumThickness over 2,600 feet ⓘ
over 800 meters ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Bettmeralp NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fiesch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Riederalp NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOrientation roughly southwest–northeast ⓘ
hasRetreatedSince 19th century ⓘ
hasStatus retreating glacier ⓘ
hasSurfaceElevationRange about 1,600–4,000 meters above sea level ⓘ
about 5,250–13,100 feet above sea level ⓘ
hasTerminusNear Bettmeralp NERFINISHED ⓘ
Riederalp NERFINISHED ⓘ
isComposedOf ice ⓘ
isImportantFor Alpine hydrology ⓘ
regional water resources ⓘ
tourism in Valais ⓘ
isLargestGlacierIn Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
isLongestGlacierIn Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
isMonitoredBy glaciologists ⓘ
isPopularFor hiking ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ
locatedIn Canton of Valais NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swiss Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
overlookedFrom Bettmerhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eggishorn ⓘ
Moosfluh NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Bernese Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jungfrau-Aletsch region ⓘ
Jungfrau-Aletsch region ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Jungfrau-Aletsch
recognizedAs UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage natural site component

Referenced by (12)

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

Bernese Alps → contains → Aletsch Glacier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Aletsch Glacier
Canton of Valais → contains → Aletsch Glacier ⓘ
Valais → contains → Aletsch Glacier ⓘ
Mönch → glacierOnFlanks → Aletsch Glacier ⓘ
Aletsch Glacier → hasLanguageNameGerman → Aletsch Glacier self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grosser Aletschgletscher
Mönch → isPartOf → Aletsch Glacier ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Aletsch Arena ski area → near → Aletsch Glacier ⓘ
Aletsch Arena ski area → near → Aletsch Glacier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area
Fiescher Glacier → near → Aletsch Glacier ⓘ
Aletsch Arena ski area → partOf → Aletsch Glacier ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Aletsch Arena ski area → viewOf → Aletsch Glacier ⓘ
Fiescher Glacier → worldHeritageSite → Aletsch Glacier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch