Morteratsch Glacier
The Morteratsch Glacier is the largest glacier by area in the Bernina Range of the Bündner Alps in Switzerland. By area and by volume (1.2 km. The volume of the ice is estimated to be about 1.2 km3.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,477 metres
- Description: glacier in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Morteratsch Gletscher”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Piz Bernina and Piz Morteratsch.
Piz Bernina
Peak
Photo: Capricorn4049, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Piz Bernina is the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps, the highest point of the Bernina Range, and the highest peak in the Rhaetian Alps. It rises 4,048 m and is located south of Pontresina in the Bernina Region and near the major Alpine resort of St. Moritz, in the Engadin valley. Piz Bernina is situated 3 km southwest of Morteratsch Glacier.
Piz Morteratsch
Peak
Piz Morteratsch is a mountain in the Bernina Range in Switzerland. It is bordered on the east by the Morteratsch Glacier and on the south-west by the Tschierva Glacier.
Piz Bianco
Peak
Photo: Freeclimber, Public domain.
Piz Bianco is a minor summit north of Piz Bernina, in the Bernina Range of the Alps. It is located south of Pontresina in the canton of Graubünden. Culminating at 3,993 metres, Piz Bianco is the highest point of the snowy ridge named Biancograt. Piz Bianco is situated 2½ km southwest of Morteratsch Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bernina Pass and Alp Grüm.
Bernina Pass
Locality
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bernina Pass is a high mountain pass in the Bernina Range of the Alps, in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. It connects the famous resort town of St. Moritz in the Engadin valley with the Italian-speaking Val Poschiavo, which ends in the Italian town of Tirano in Valtellina. Bernina Pass is situated 8 km east of Morteratsch Glacier.
Alp Grüm
Hamlet
Photo: Sidonius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alp Grüm is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km east of Morteratsch Glacier.
Cavaglia
Hamlet
Cavaglia is a small hamlet on the western flank of Val Poschiavo in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. Perched at 1,703 m on the hanging Plan da l'Alp terrace, it lies roughly 4.7 kilometres north-west of Poschiavo village but 700 metres higher, making the road distance 11 kilometres and the Bernina Line rail journey about 25 minutes. Cavaglia is situated 10 km southeast of Morteratsch Glacier.
Morteratsch Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Morteratsch Glacier” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جليدية مورتيراتش”
- Armenian: “Մորտերաչ սառցադաշտ”
- Bulgarian: “Мортерач (ледник)”
- Bulgarian: “Мортерач”
- Catalan: “Glacera Morteratsch”
- Cebuano: “Vadret da Morteratsch”
- Chinese: “莫特拉奇冰川”
- Croatian: “Ledenjak Morteratsch”
- Czech: “Ledovec Morteratsch”
- Czech: “Morteratsch”
- Dutch: “Morteratschgletscher”
- Dutch: “Morteratschgletsjer”
- Esperanto: “Glatscher dal Morteratsch”
- Esperanto: “Morteratsch-Glaĉero”
- Esperanto: “Morteratschgletscher”
- Estonian: “Morteratschi liustik”
- French: “glacier Morteratsch”
- French: “Glacier Morteratsch”
- Georgian: “მორტერაჩის მყინვარი”
- German: “Glatscher dal Morteratsch”
- German: “Morteratsch-Gletscher”
- German: “Morteratschgletscher”
- German: “Morteratschtal”
- German: “Vadret da Morteratsch”
- Italian: “ghiacciaio del Morteratsch”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio del Morteratsch”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio di Morteratsch”
- Japanese: “モルテラッチ氷河”
- Korean: “모테라치 빙하”
- Latin: “Glaciarium Morteratsch”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Morteratschbreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Morteratschgletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vadret da Morteratsch”
- Persian: “یخچال طبیعی ملات”
- Polish: “Morteratschgletscher”
- Portuguese: “Glaciar Morteratsch”
- Romanian: “Ghețarul Morteratsch”
- Romansh: “Glatscher dal Morteratsch”
- Romansh: “Morteratsch”
- Romansh: “Vadret da Morteratsch”
- Romansh: “Vadretg da Morteratsch”
- Russian: “Мортерач”
- Russian: “Мортерачглетчер”
- Saterfriesisch: “Morteratsch-Glitsker”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ledenjak Morteratsch”
- Swedish: “Vadret da Morteratsch”
- Turkish: “Morteratsch Buzulu”
- Urdu: “مورٹیراش گلیشیر”
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