Aletsch Glacier
The Aletsch Glacier or Great Aletsch Glacier is the largest glacier in the Alps. It has a length of about 23 km, a volume of 15.4 km3, and covers about 81.7 km2 in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais.
- Glacier with an elevation of around 2,330 metres (7,650 feet)
- Description: glacier in Switzerland
- Also known as“Aletsch”“Great Aletsch Glacier”“Grosser Aletsch”“the Aletsch Glacier”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Olmenhorn and Eggishorn.
Märjelensee
Märjelensee is a lake in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch and Bettmeralp.
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch is a protected area and…
Bettmeralp
Bettmeralp is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Aletsch Glacier
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Latitude
46.45153° or 46° 27′ 6″ north
Longitude
8.05988° or 8° 3′ 36″ east
Open location code
8FRCF325+JX
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Aletsch Glacier” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “اليتش الجليدي”
- Arabic: “نهر أليتش”
- Armenian: “Ալեչի սառցադաշտ”
- Arpitan: “Gllaciér d’Aletsch”
- Azerbaijani: “Aleç buzlağı”
- Basque: “Aletsch glaziarra”
- Bhojpuri: “आलेत्च ग्लेशियर”
- Bulgarian: “Алечки ледник”
- Catalan: “Aletsch”
- Catalan: “Glacera d’Aletsch”
- Cebuano: “Grosser Aletschgletscher”
- Chinese: “阿莱奇冰川”
- Chinese: “阿萊奇冰川”
- Chuvash: “Алеч”
- Croatian: “Aletsch”
- Croatian: “Ledenjak Aletsch”
- Czech: “Aletschgletscher”
- Czech: “Aletschský ledovec”
- Czech: “Ledovec Aletsch”
- Danish: “Aletch”
- Danish: “Aletsch-gletsjeren”
- Dutch: “Aletschgletscher”
- Dutch: “Aletschgletsjer”
- Dutch: “Grosser Aletschgletscher”
- Esperanto: “Aleĉ-Glaĉero”
- Esperanto: “Aleĉ-Glacirivero”
- Esperanto: “Aletschgletscher”
- Esperanto: “Ebnefluhfirn”
- Esperanto: “Granda Aleĉ-Glaĉero”
- Esperanto: “Grüneggfirn”
- Esperanto: “Grünhornlücke”
- Esperanto: “Konkordia-Placo”
- Esperanto: “Kranzberg-Moreno”
- Esperanto: “Kranzbergfirn”
- Esperanto: “Trugberg-Moreno”
- Estonian: “Aletschi liustik”
- Finnish: “Aletschgletscher”
- Finnish: “Aletschjäätikkö”
- Finnish: “Iso Aletschjäätikkö”
- French: “Aletsch”
- French: “Glacier d’Aletsch”
- French: “le plus grand glacier des Alpes”
- Georgian: “ალეჩის მყინვარი”
- Georgian: “დიდი ალეჩის მყინვარი”
- German: “Aletschgletscher”
- German: “Ewigschneefeld”
- German: “Grosser Aletschfirn”
- German: “Grosser Aletschgletscher”
- German: “Großer Aletschgletscher”
- German: “Grüneggfirn”
- German: “Jungfraufirn”
- Hebrew: “אלטש”
- Hebrew: “אלטשגליישר”
- Hungarian: “Aletsch Gleccser”
- Italian: “Aletsch”
- Italian: “Aletschgletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio dell’Aletsch”
- Japanese: “アレッチ氷河”
- Japanese: “スイス・アルプス ユングフラウ‐アレッチュ”
- Kirghiz: “Алеч мөңгүсү”
- Korean: “알레취 빙하”
- Korean: “알레취글레처”
- Korean: “알레치 빙하”
- Latin: “Glaciarium Aletsch”
- Lithuanian: “Aleč ledynas”
- Lithuanian: “Alečo ledynas”
- Lithuanian: “Aletsch”
- Malay: “Glasier Aletsch”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aletsch”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aletschbreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aletschbreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aletschgletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grosser Aletschfirn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grosser Aletschgletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Store Aletschbreen”
- Norwegian: “Aletschgletscher”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Glacièr d’Aletsch”
- Persian: “یخچال آلیتچ”
- Polish: “Aletsch”
- Polish: “Aletschgletscher”
- Portuguese: “Aletsch”
- Portuguese: “Geleira Aletsch”
- Portuguese: “Geleira de aletsch”
- Portuguese: “Glaciar de Aletsch”
- Romanian: “Ghețarul Aletsch”
- Romansh: “Aletsch”
- Russian: “Алетч”
- Russian: “Алеч”
- Russian: “Алечский ледник”
- Russian: “Большой Алечский ледник”
- Russian: “Гроссер-Алечглечер”
- Serbian: “Lednik Grosser Aletschgletsh”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ledenjak Aletsch”
- Slovak: “Aletschgletscher”
- Slovak: “Aletschský ľadovec”
- Slovenian: “Aletschgletscher”
- Slovenian: “Ledenik Aletsch”
- Spanish: “Aletsch”
- Spanish: “Aletschgletscher”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Aletsch”
- Spanish: “Glaciar de Aletsch”
- Swedish: “Aletsch”
- Swedish: “Aletschgletscher”
- Swedish: “Aletschgletschern”
- Swiss German: “Aletschgletscher”
- Tamil: “அலேட்ச் பனிப்பாறை”
- Tamil: “அலேட்ச் பனியாறு”
- Thai: “ธารน้ำแข็งอาเล็ทช์”
- Turkish: “Aletsch Buzulu”
- Ukrainian: “Алеч (льодовик)”
- Ukrainian: “Алеч”
- Ukrainian: “Алечглетчер”
- Ukrainian: “Великий льодовик Алеч”
- Ukrainian: “Льодовик Алеч”
- Uzbek: “Alech muzligi”
- Vietnamese: “Sông băng Aletsch”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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