Driestgletscher
Driestgletscher is a glacier in Naters, Brig District, Valais and has an elevation of 3,259 metres. Driestgletscher is situated nearby to the locality Oberaletschhütte, as well as near Chalchofu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gross Fusshorn and Geisshorn.
Gross Fusshorn
Peak
Photo: Chris.urs-o, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gross Fusshorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Oberaletsch Glacier in the canton of Valais. The Fusshörner are a group of peaks located on the south ridge of the Gross Fusshorn. On the east side lies a glacier named Driestgletscher.
Geisshorn
Peak
Photo: Dysmachus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Geisshorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Aletsch Glacier in the canton of Valais. Together with its Northeast-Summit Sattelhorn, it appears as a Doublepeak.
Rotstock
Peak
The Rotstock is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Aletsch Glacier in the Swiss canton of Valais. It lies on the range between the Oberaletsch Glacier and the Aletsch Glacier, south of the Geisshorn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bettmeralp and Riederalp-Bettmeralp.
Bettmeralp
Village
Photo: Daniel Reust, CC BY 4.0.
Bettmeralp is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Betten and Martisberg merged into the municipality of Bettmeralp.
Riederalp-Bettmeralp
Photo: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riederalp and Bettmeralp are two car-free villages in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. They are a few kilometres from each other at 1,900 metres.
Riederalp
Village
Photo: Realulim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riederalp is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was created in 2003 through the merger of Goppisberg, Greich and Ried-Mörel.
Driestgletscher
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 3,259 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Naters, Brig District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.43109° or 46° 25′ 52″ northLongitude
8.00915° or 8° 0′ 33″ eastElevation
3,259 metres (10,692 feet)Open location code
8FRCC2J5+CMOpenStreetMap ID
way 69294491OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacierGeoNames ID
11397365
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Localities in the Area
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