Upper Grindelwald Glacier
The Upper Grindelwald Glacier is one of the two valley glaciers near Grindelwald on the northern side of the Bernese Alps, in the canton of Bern. It had a length of about 6.6 km and covered an area of 9.6 km2 in 1973.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Schreckhorn and Bärglistock.
Schreckhorn
Peak
Photo: Johannes-dilger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Schreckhorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps. It is the highest peak located entirely in the canton of Bern. The Schreckhorn is the northernmost Alpine four-thousander and the northernmost summit rising above 4,000 metres in Europe. Schreckhorn is situated 2½ km south of Upper Grindelwald Glacier.
Bärglistock
Peak
Photo: Franco Pecchio, CC BY 2.0.
The Bärglistock is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located east of Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland. The mountain is the tripoint between the valleys of the Upper Grindelwald Glacier, the Unteraar Glacier and the Gauli Glacier.
Wetterhorn
Peak
Photo: Xperience, Public domain.
The Wetterhorn is a peak in the Swiss Alps towering above the village of Grindelwald. Formerly known as Hasle Jungfrau, it is one of three summits on a mountain named the "Wetterhörner", the highest of which is the Mittelhorn and the lowest and most distant the Rosenhorn. Wetterhorn is situated 2½ km north of Upper Grindelwald Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grosse Scheidegg.
Grosse Scheidegg
Locality
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grosse Scheidegg is a mountain pass in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, The pass crosses the col between the Schwarzhorn and the Wetterhorn mountains at an elevation of 1,962 m. Grosse Scheidegg is situated 5 km north of Upper Grindelwald Glacier.
Upper Grindelwald Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,831 metres
- Description: glacier in Switzerland
- Category: landform
- Location: Grindelwald, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Upper Grindelwald Glacier” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Glacera superior de Grindelwald”
- Croatian: “hashimoto”
- Dutch: “Upper Grindelwald Glacier”
- Esperanto: “Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher”
- Esperanto: “Supra Grindelwald-Glaĉero”
- Finnish: “Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher”
- French: “glacier supérieur de Grindelwald”
- French: “Glacier supérieur de Grindelwald”
- Georgian: “ზემო გრინდელვალდის მყინვარი”
- German: “Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher”
- Hebrew: “גרינדלוולד העליון”
- Korean: “상부 그린델발트 빙하”
- Mingrelian: “ჟიმოლენი გრინდელვალდიშ ჯიშთი”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øvre Grindelwaldbreen”
- Persian: “یخچال طبیعی گریندل والد”
- Polish: “Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher”
- Ukrainian: “Верхній Гріндельвальд”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher and Lauteraarsattel.
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