Allalin Glacier
The Allalin Glacier is a 6 km long glacier situated in the Pennine Alps near the Allalinhorn in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 9.9 km2.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 3,340 metres
- Description: glacier in Switzerland
- Also known as: “l’Allalin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Allalinhorn and Rimpfischhorn.
Allalinhorn
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Allalinhorn is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies between Zermatt and Saas-Fee in the canton of Valais, and is part of the Mischabel range, which culminates at the Dom.
Rimpfischhorn
Peak
Photo: Mg-k, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rimpfischhorn is a mountain in the Pennine Alps of Switzerland. Along its north ridge lies the prominent sub-peak Grosser Gendarm. The first ascent of the mountain was by Leslie Stephen and Robert Living with guides Melchior Anderegg and Johann Zumtaugwald on 9 September 1859.
Strahlhorn
Peak
Photo: Mg-k, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Strahlhorn is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located south of Saas-Fee and east of Zermatt in the canton of Valais. It lies on the range that separates the Mattertal from the Saastal and is located approximately halfway between the Rimpfischhorn and the Schwarzberghorn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plattjen and Saas-Almagell.
Plattjen
Locality
Photo: Wandervogel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plattjen is a locality, which is situated 7 km north of Allalin Glacier.
Saas-Almagell
Village
Saas-Almagell is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Saas-Almagell is situated 8 km northeast of Allalin Glacier.
Saas-Fee
Photo: Gürkan Sengün, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saas-Fee is the biggest town in the Saas valley in the Swiss canton of Valais. The valley is a destination for winter sport, with the slopes in Saas fee being one of the few places in the region where skiing in summer is possible.
Allalin Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Saas-Almagell, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Allalin Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Allalin Glacier” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Allalin”
- Catalan: “glacera de l’Allalin”
- Catalan: “Glacera de l’Allalin”
- Catalan: “l’Allalin”
- Dutch: “Allalin Glacier”
- Esperanto: “Alalin-Glaĉero”
- Esperanto: “Alalinglaĉero”
- Esperanto: “Allalin-Glaĉero”
- Esperanto: “Allalinglaĉero”
- Esperanto: “Allalingletscher”
- French: “glacier de l’Allalin”
- French: “Glacier de l’Allalin”
- French: “l’Allalin”
- Georgian: “ალალინის მყინვარი”
- German: “Allalingletscher”
- Italian: “Allalingletscher”
- Italian: “ghiacciaio dell’Allalin”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio dell’Allalin”
- Korean: “알라린 빙하”
- Macedonian: “Ледник Алалин”
- Mingrelian: “ალალინიშ ჯიშთი”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Allalinbreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Allalingletscher”
- Polish: “Allalingletscher”
- Spanish: “l’Allalin”
- Spanish: “L’Allalin”
- Ukrainian: “Аллалін”
Localities in the Area
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