Aletsch Glacier
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The Aletsch Glacier or Great Aletsch Glacier is the largest glacier in the Alps. It has a length of about 23 km, a volume of 15.4 km3, and covers about 81.7 km2 in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Swis
Aletsch Glacier in June 2011
ISS image of the Bernese Alps showing the Wetterhorn (right), Eiger (centre), Jungfrau (left), Lake Brienz (background) and Aletsch glacier (foreground).
At Konkordiaplatz
The beginning of the river Massa (the glacier is visible on the right)
Jungfrau
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The Jungfrau, at 4,158 m is one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps, located between the southern canton of Bern and the northern canton of Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch. Together
Aletsch Glacier
…similar extensions. Except the Finsteraarhorn, all the highest summits of the Bernese Alps are located within the drainage basin of the glacier. The Jungfrau and Mönch constitute the northern boundary; the Gross Fiescherhorn and Gross Wannenhorn lie on its east side; finally the culminating point, the…
Western wall of Jungfrau (left) and Wengen-Jungfrau (in the back). In front: Rottalhorn.
The Jungfrau and the valley of Lauterbrunnen from Interlaken
View over of the Aletsch Glacier and Concordia from the summit of the Jungfrau