Tschingel Glacier
The Tschingel Glacier is a 3 km long glacier situated in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 6.19 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,632 metres
- Description: glacier in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Tschingelfirn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mutthorn and Tschingelhorn.
Mutthorn
Peak
Photo: Walter Mittelholzer, Public domain.
The Mutthorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Kander Glacier in the Bernese Oberland. It lies between the valleys of Kandersteg and Lauterbrunnen.
Tschingelhorn
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Tschingelhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. The summit of the Klein Tschingelhorn on the west is the tripoint between the valleys of Kandertal, Lauterbrunnental and Lötschental.
Tschingelspitz
Peak
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, Public domain.
The Tschingelspitz is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located south of Mürren in the Bernese Oberland. It lies east of the higher Gspaltenhorn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kühmad and Gimmelwald.
Kühmad
Locality
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Kühmad is a locality, which is situated 7 km south of Tschingel Glacier.
Gimmelwald
Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gimmelwald is a picturesque hamlet in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland. It's perched on a cliff edge looking down into the Weisse Lütschine valley towards Lauterbrunnen, and in 2020 had a population of 130.
Stechelberg
Village
Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Stechelberg is a small village in Switzerland located at the base of the Schwarzmönch mountain in the Bernese Alps, part of the district of Lauterbrunnen. Stechelberg is situated 8 km northeast of Tschingel Glacier.
Tschingel Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Lauterbrunnen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Tschingel Glacier” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “青格尔冰川”
- Dutch: “Tschingel Glacier”
- Dutch: “Tschingelfirn”
- Esperanto: “Tschingel-Glaĉero”
- German: “Tschingelfirn”
- German: “Tschingelgletscher”
- Hebrew: “צ’ינגל”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tschingelbreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tschingelfirn”
- Polish: “Tschingelfirn”
- Ukrainian: “Чінгель”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lauterbrunnen Wetterhorn and Wätterhoren.
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