Plaine Morte Glacier
The Plaine Morte Glacier is a glacier located at an elevation of 2,750 m, in the canton of Bern above Lenk and in the Valais above Crans-Montana in Switzerland.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,735 metres
- Description: glacier in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Glacier de la Plaine Morte”, “la Plaine Morte”, “Plaine Morte”, and “Rätzligletscher (Plaine Morte) Glacier”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wildstrubel and Mont Bonvin.
Wildstrubel
Peak
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wildstrubel is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It forms a large glaciated massif, about 15 km wide, extending between the Rawil Pass and the Gemmi Pass.
Mont Bonvin
Peak
Mont Bonvin is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Crans-Montana in the Swiss canton of Valais. The border with the canton of Bern runs one kilometre north of the summit.
Wildstrubel Glacier
Glacier
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wildstrubel Glacier is a 2.5 km long glacier situated in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Valais, on the eastern slopes of the Wildstrubel. In 1973 it had an area of 4.8 km2… Wildstrubel Glacier is situated 3 km northeast of Plaine Morte Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mollens and Randogne.
Mollens
Village
Mollens is a former municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Mollens, Chermignon, Montana and Randogne merged into the new municipality of Crans-Montana. Mollens is situated 8 km south of Plaine Morte Glacier.
Randogne
Village
Randogne is a former municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Chermignon, Mollens, Montana and Randogne merged to form the new municipality of Crans-Montana. Randogne is situated 8 km south of Plaine Morte Glacier.
Montana
Village
Photo: Cruccone, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Montana is a former municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It was one of the six municipalities that form the ski resort Crans-Montana. Montana is situated 8 km south of Plaine Morte Glacier.
Plaine Morte Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Lenk im Simmental, Obersimmental-Saanen, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Tosk Albanian—“Plaine Morte Glacier” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “glacera de la Plaine Morte”
- Catalan: “Glacera de la Plaine Morte”
- Catalan: “la Plaine Morte”
- Cebuano: “Pointe de la Plaine Mort”
- Dutch: “Plaine Morte-gletsjer”
- Dutch: “Ratzligletsjer (Plaine Morte)”
- Dutch: “Ratzligletsjer”
- Dutch: “Rätzligletsjer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پلاين مورت جلاسير”
- Esperanto: “Plaine-Morte-Glaĉero”
- French: “glacier de la Plaine Morte”
- French: “Glacier de la Plaine Morte”
- French: “la Plaine Morte”
- French: “Plaine morte”
- German: “Glacier de la Plaine Morte”
- German: “Plaine Morte-Gletscher”
- German: “Plaine-Morte-Gletscher”
- Hebrew: “פלן מורט”
- Latin: “Planities Mortua”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Plaine Morte”
- Polish: “Glacier de la Plaine Morte”
- Spanish: “la Plaine Morte”
- Spanish: “La Plaine Morte”
- Swedish: “Pointe de la Plaine Mort”
- Swiss German: “Glacier de la Plaine Morte”
- Swiss German: “Plaine-Morte-Gletscher”
- Tosk Albanian: “Plaine-Morte-Gletscher”
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