Oberaargletscher
The Oberaargletscher, literally "Upper Aare-Glacier", is a 4 km long glacier situated in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 5.82 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Cooper.ch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,547 metres
- Description: glacier in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Oberaar Glacier”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scheuchzerhorn and Oberaarhorn.
Scheuchzerhorn
Peak
The Scheuchzerhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located west of the Grimsel Pass in the canton of Bern. It lies north-east of the Oberaarhorn, on the range separating the valley of the Unteraar Glacier from the valley of the Oberaar Glacier.
Oberaarhorn
Peak
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Oberaarhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Valais and Bern. Its summit is the tripoint between the basins of the Fiesch, Unteraar and Oberaar Glacier.
Oberaarrothorn
Peak
Photo: ZachT, Public domain.
The Oberaarrothorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, on the border between the Swiss cantons of Valais and Bern. It is south of the Oberaarjoch, between the Fiescher Glacier and the Oberaar Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Münster and Geschinen.
Münster
Village
Photo: Joergsam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Münster is a village situated in the municipality of Goms, Canton of Valais in Switzerland, at the river Rhône or Rotten.
Reckingen
Village
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Reckingen is a village, which is situated 8 km southeast of Oberaargletscher.
Oberaargletscher
- Category: landform
- Location: Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.53219° or 46° 31′ 56″ northLongitude
8.20152° or 8° 12′ 6″ eastElevation
2,547 metres (8,356 feet)Open location code
8FRCG6J2+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 30996659OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Oberaargletscher” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Оберарглецчер”
- Catalan: “Glacera de l’Oberaar”
- Cebuano: “Oberaargletscher”
- Chinese: “奥伯拉尔冰川”
- Chinese: “奧伯拉爾冰川”
- Dutch: “Oberaargletsjer”
- Esperanto: “Oberaar-Glaĉero”
- Esperanto: “Oberaargletscher”
- Esperanto: “Supra Ar-Glaĉero”
- Finnish: “Oberaargletscher”
- French: “glacier de l’Oberaar”
- French: “Glacier de l’Oberaar”
- French: “Oberaargletscher”
- German: “Oberaargletscher”
- Korean: “오버아어 빙하”
- Korean: “오버아어글레처”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oberaarbreen”
- Polish: “Oberaargletscher”
- Portuguese: “Glaciar Oberaar”
- Portuguese: “Glaciar superior do Aar”
- Russian: “Оберарглетчер”
- Swedish: “Oberaargletscher”
- Ukrainian: “Обераар”
Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Oberaargletscher”. Photo: Cooper.ch, CC BY-SA 3.0.