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)
Oberaletsch Glacier
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The Oberaletsch Glacier is a valley glacier on the south side of the Bernese Alps, in the canton of Valais. It had a length of 9 km with an average width of just under 1 km and an area of about 22 km2
Oberaletschgletscher and Nesthorn (left side)