List of glaciers in Switzerland
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This is a non-exhaustive list of the major glaciers in Switzerland. It includes the glaciers' lengths in 1850 and 2002, as well as the canton of Switzerland in which it is located.
Name |
1850 Length (km) |
2002 Length (km) |
Area km² |
Canton |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allalin | 7.6 | 6.0 | VS | |
| Corbassière | 12.9 | 10.4 | 23.0 | VS |
| Ferpècle | 9.3 | 6.0 | VS | |
| Fee Glacier | 5.0 | 4.7 | VS | |
| Fiescher | 17.1 | 14.7 | 39.0 | VS |
| Findelen | 10.4 | 8.5 | 20.6 | VS |
| Gauli | 9.2 | 6.8 | 20.5 | BE |
| Gorner | 16.0 | 14.5 | 63.7 | VS |
| Grosser Aletsch | 26.5 | 23.6 | 117.6 | VS |
| Hüfi | 9.2 | 6.9 | UR | |
| Kander | 9.2 | 6.8 | BE | |
| Lang | 8.6 | 7.5 | VS | |
| Mont Miné | 10.1 | 7.9 | VS | |
| Morteratsch | 8.9 | 8.4 | 19.7 | GR |
| Oberaletsch | 10.4 | 9.0 | 23.0 | VS |
| Upper Grindelwald | 7.4 | 5.3 | BE | |
| Otemma | 8.0 | 16.6 | VS | |
| Rhone | 9.3 | 7.9 | 20.9 | VS |
| Saleina | 7.7 | 6.3 | VS | |
| Trift (Gadmen) | 7.5 | 7.0 | 19.1 | BE |
| Unteraar | 14.5 | 13.9 | 35.5 | BE |
| Lower Grindelwald | 9.9 | 9.4 | 27.1 | BE |
| Zinal | 9.2 | 8.4 | 18.8 | VS |
| Zmutt | 8.6 | 8.3 | 18.9 | VS |
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- This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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