Aletsch Glacier

The Aletsch Glacier or Great Aletsch Glacier is the largest in the . It has a length of about 23 km, a volume of 15.4 km3, and covers about 81.7 km2 in the eastern in the canton of .
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  • Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,386 metres
  • Description: glacier in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Aletsch”, “Great Aletsch Glacier”, “Grosser Aletsch”, and “the Aletsch Glacier”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Olmenhorn and Eggishorn.

Peak
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The is a mountain of the , overlooking the Aletsch Glacier in the canton of .

Peak
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The is a mountain in the southeastern part of the , located north of in the Swiss canton of . A cable car station is located on a secondary summit named Fiescherhorli, 500 metres south of the main peak.

Lake
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is a in the canton of , . It formed on the eastern side of the Aletsch Glacier in the 19th century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch and Bettmeralp.

Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a protected area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site between the and the in the . It was known as Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn until its name was changed in 2007.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of in the canton of in . On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of and merged into the municipality of .

Village
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is a and municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of in . Besides the village of , the municipality includes the nearby hamlets of Wichul, Zer Flie, and Wirbul.

Aletsch Glacier

Latitude
46.45153° or 46° 27′ 6″ north
Longitude
8.05988° or 8° 3′ 36″ east
Elevation
2,386 metres (7,828 feet)
Open location code
8FRCF325+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 42742456
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Geo­Names ID
2660487
Wiki­data ID
Q204658
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Satellite Map

Discover Aletsch Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • 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: “Aleĉglaĉero”
  • 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: “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”
  • Hungarian: “Aletsch-gleccser”
  • Italian: “Aletsch”
  • Italian: “Aletschgletscher”
  • Italian: “ghiacciaio dell’Aletsch”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Aletschgletscher”
  • Turkish: “Aletsch Buzulu”
  • Ukrainian: “Алеч (льодовик)”
  • Ukrainian: “Алеч-льодовик”
  • Ukrainian: “Алеч”
  • Ukrainian: “Алечглетчер”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий льодовик Алеч”
  • Ukrainian: “Льодовик Алеч”
  • Uzbek: “Alech muzligi”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông băng Aletsch”
  • “आलेत्च ग्लेशियर”

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