Aargletschers
The Aargletschers, literally "Aare-Glaciers", are a system of glaciers located at the sources of the Aare river in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland. The original name has no plural-"s", as in German the plural of "gletscher" is only marked by changes of the article. The Aargletschers are constituted by two distinct partial glacier systems:
- Unteraargletscher: composed by the converging Lauteraargletscher and Finsteraargletscher, between the Lauteraarhorn, Finsteraarhorn (46°32′14.9″N 08°07′33.7″E / 46.537472°N 8.126028°E) and Grimselsee (46°34′11″N 08°19′39″E / 46.56972°N 8.32750°E).
- Oberaargletscher: between Oberaarhorn (46°31′53″N 08°10′28″E / 46.53139°N 8.17444°E) and Oberaarsee (46°33′N 08°16′E / 46.550°N 8.267°E).
Grimselsee and Oberaarsee are recent reserve lakes. The "…-Aar-Horns" are summits of more than 3600 metres above sea level, two of them even above 4000 metres.
See also
Sources
- Swisstopo (CH 3084 Wabern): Landeskarte der Schweiz 1:100 000
- No. 37 Brünigpass
- No. 42 Oberwallis
Coordinates: 46°34′10″N 8°11′30″E / 46.5694°N 8.19167°E
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/21/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.