Challifirn

Challifirn is a glacier in , , . Challifirn is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
Photo: Patrick.Lie, Public domain.
  • Type: Glacier
  • Description: glacier in the Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Bern in the municipality of Grindelwald
  • Also known as: “Kalligletscher”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Eiger and Mönch.

Peak
Photo: qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0.
The is a 3,967-metre mountain of the , overlooking and in the of , just north of the main watershed and border with .

Peak
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The at 4,110 metres is a mountain in the , in . Together with the and the , it forms a highly recognisable group of mountains, visible from far away.

Railway station
Photo: Patrick Nouhailler’s…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eigerwand is a disused underground railway station in the in the , . It is on the Jungfrau railway, which runs to the from .

Challifirn

Latitude
46.5817° or 46° 34′ 54″ north
Longitude
8.026° or 8° 1′ 34″ east
Open location code
8FRCH2JG+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 34210075
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Wiki­data ID
Q110401970
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Satellite Map

Discover Challifirn from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From German to Russian—“Challifirn” goes by many names.
  • German: “Challifirn”
  • Russian: “Каллифирн”

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