Rhône Glacier
The Rhône Glacier is a glacier in the Swiss Alps and the source of the river Rhône and one of the primary contributors to Lake Geneva in the far eastern end of the Swiss canton of Valais.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,627 metres
- Description: glacier in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Rhone Glacier” and “Rhonegletscher”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Galenstock and Gross Furkahorn.
Galenstock
Peak
Photo: Engie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Galenstock is the fourth highest mountain in the Urner Alps in Switzerland. Its summit ridge lies on the border between the cantons of Uri and the Valais. Galenstock is situated 2½ km east of Rhône Glacier.
Gross Furkahorn
Peak
Photo: Ximonic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gross Furkahorn is a mountain of the Urner Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Valais and Uri. It lies north of the Furka Pass and east of the Rhone Glacier.
Gärstenhörner
Peak
Photo: Pegasus2, Public domain.
The Gärstenhörner is a mountain in the Urner Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It lies on the range west of the Rhone Glacier, and east of the Grimsel Pass.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gletsch and Oberwald.
Gletsch
Hamlet
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Gletsch is a hamlet in the German-speaking half of the canton of Valais, located in the upper Rhone valley, called Obergoms, 2.5 kilometres, southeast below the Rhone Glacier's mouth and itself the headwaters of the Rhône. Gletsch is situated 5 km south of Rhône Glacier.
Oberwald
Village
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Oberwald is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in Goms District in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is situated at an elevation of 1,377 m and had a population of 277 in December 2007. Oberwald is situated 8 km south of Rhône Glacier.
Realp
Village
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Realp is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. Realp is situated 9 km east of Rhône Glacier.
Rhône Glacier
- Categories: valley glacier and landform
- Location: Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Rhône Glacier” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Rodanoko glaziarra”
- Bavarian: “Rhonegletscha”
- Bulgarian: “Ронски ледник”
- Bulgarian: “Рхонеглецчер”
- Catalan: “Rhonegletscher”
- Cebuano: “Rhonegletscher”
- Chinese: “罗纳河冰川”
- Chinese: “罗讷冰川”
- Chinese: “隆河冰河”
- Croatian: “Ledenjak Rhône”
- Croatian: “Rhône”
- Dutch: “Rhonegletscher”
- Dutch: “Rhônegletscher”
- Dutch: “Rhonegletsjer”
- Dutch: “Rhônegletsjer”
- Esperanto: “Rodan-Glaĉero”
- Esperanto: “Rodanglaĉero”
- Estonian: “Rhône’i liustik”
- Estonian: “Rhône´i liustik”
- Estonian: “Rhônei liustik”
- Finnish: “Rhonegletscher”
- Finnish: “Rhônen jäätikkö”
- French: “Glacier du Rhone”
- French: “glacier du Rhône”
- French: “Glacier du Rhône”
- Georgian: “რონის მყინვარი”
- German: “Rhone-Gletscher”
- German: “Rhonegletscher”
- German: “Rhônegletscher”
- German: “Rhonegletschervorfeld”
- German: “Rottengletscher”
- Hebrew: “הקרחון רון”
- Hebrew: “קרחון הרון”
- Hebrew: “רון”
- Irish: “oighearshruth na Róine”
- Italian: “ghiacciaio del Rodano”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio del Rodano”
- Japanese: “ローヌ氷河”
- Korean: “론 빙하”
- Kurdish: “Girseya Qeşayê ya Ronê”
- Latvian: “Ronas ledājs”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rhonebreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rhônebreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rhonegletscher”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Glacièr de Ròse”
- Polish: “Lodowiec Rodanu”
- Polish: “Rhonegletscher”
- Portuguese: “Glaciar do Ródano”
- Romanian: “Gheţarul Rhone”
- Romanian: “Ghețarul rhone”
- Romanian: “Ghețarul Rhône”
- Romanian: “Ghețarul Ronului”
- Romansh: “Glatscher dal Rodan”
- Russian: “Ронский ледник”
- Scots: “Rhone Glacier”
- Slovenian: “Ronski ledenik”
- Spanish: “Glaciar del Rodano”
- Spanish: “Glaciar del Ródano”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Rhone”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Rhône”
- Swedish: “Rhôneglaciären”
- Swiss German: “Rhonegletscher”
- Thai: “ธารน้ำแข็งโรน”
- Tosk Albanian: “Rhonegletscher”
- Turkish: “Rhone Buzulu”
- Turkish: “Rhône Buzulu”
- Ukrainian: “Ронський льодовик”
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