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.
- Glacier with an elevation of 2,627 metres (8,619 feet)
- …is also known as “Rhonegletscher”
- Description: glacier in Switzerland
Places of Interest
Highlights include Galenstock and Gross Furkahorn.
Galenstock
Peak
The Galenstock is the fourth highest mountain in the Urner Alps in Switzerland. Galenstock is situated 2½ km east of Rhône Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gletsch and Tiefenbach.
Tiefenbach
Hamlet
Tiefenbach is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km east of Rhône Glacier.
Rhône Glacier
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Latitude
46.60454° or 46° 36′ 16″ north
Longitude
8.38605° or 8° 23′ 10″ east
Open location code
8FRCJ93P+RC
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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”
- Luxembourgish: “Rhone-Gletscher”
- Luxembourgish: “Rhonegletscher”
- 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”
- Turkish: “Rhone Buzulu”
- Turkish: “Rhône Buzulu”
- Ukrainian: “Ронський льодовик”
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