Damma Glacier
The Damma Glacier is a small glacier situated in the central Swiss Alps. It has been in retreat since around 1850. The area between the front of the retreating glacier and the moraine from the most recent glacier recession – called the glacial forefield – measures 10.7 square kilometres and is composed of granitic rocks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Dammastock and Tiefenstock.
Dammastock
Peak
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The Dammastock is the highest mountain in the Urner Alps in Switzerland and is part of the Winterberg massif. Its summit ridge forms the border between the cantons of Uri and the Valais.
Tiefenstock
Peak
The Tiefenstock is a mountain of the Urner Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Valais and Uri. Its summit is the tripoint between the valleys of the Rhone Glacier, the Damma Glacier and the Tiefen Glacier.
Schneestock
Peak
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The Schneestock is a mountain of the Urner Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Valais and Uri. It lies north of the Dammastock, between the Rhone Glacier and the Damma Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Realp and Gletsch.
Realp
Village
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Realp is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. Realp is situated 6 km southeast of Damma Glacier.
Gletsch
Hamlet
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Gletsch is a hamlet in the German-speaking half of the canton of Valais, located in the upper Rhone valley, called Obergoms, 2.5 kilometres, southeast below the Rhone Glacier's mouth and itself the headwaters of the Rhône. Gletsch is situated 10 km southwest of Damma Glacier.
Damma Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,887 metres
- Description: glacier in Switzerland
- Category: landform
- Location: Göschenen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Polish—“Damma Glacier” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Glacera Damma”
- Dutch: “Damma Glacier”
- Esperanto: “Damma-Glaĉero”
- Esperanto: “Dammagletscher”
- German: “Dammagletscher”
- Japanese: “ダンマ氷河”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dammabreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dammagletscher”
- Polish: “Dammagletscher”
Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Damma Glacier”. Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.