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Grindelwald-Fieschergletscher
The Lower Grindelwald Glacier (german: Unterer Grindelwaldgletscher) is a Glacier in the Switzerland, Swiss Bernese Alps, situated to the south-east of Grindelwald. It starts below the Agassizhorn and the Strahlegghörner and is connected with the Finsteraar Glacier via the Finsteraarjoch (). The Lower Grindelwald Glacier yet has a major tributary, the Ischmeer (Swiss German for ''Ice Sea'', formerly known as ''Grindelwald-Fiescher Glacier'', german: Grindelwald-Fieschergletscher), which is the glacier overlooked by the Jungfrau Railway's Eismeer railway station. The Lower Grindelwald Glacier was about long and covered an area of in 1973. The glacier has significantly shrunk since, having a length of just in 2015, with most of the retreat () happening since 2007. In the middle of the 19th century it clearly reached into the valley of Grindelwald as far as ''Mettenberg'' at an altitude of , an eastern quarter of Grindelwald, near the conjunction of the Schwarze and Weisse Lüts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiescher Glacier
The Fiescher Glacier (''Fieschergletscher'' in German) is a valley glacier on the south side of the Bernese Alps in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. in length, it is the second longest glacier in the Alps. The glacier covers an area of . The starting point of the Fiescher Glacier is above sea level, on the eastern slope of the Fiescherhorn, it is flanked to the west by the Grünhorn and Gross Wannenhorn and to the east by the Finsteraarhorn. In the lower section, the Fiescher Glacier flows south through a deep valley between the Gross Wannenhorn and the Wasenhorn. In summer, when the snow layer melts, it has a grey colour as it is covered with rocks coming from the steep slopes of the mountains around. The end of glacier tongue is at around above sea level. On the south western slope of the Finsteraarhorn, about above the Fieschergletscher, the Finsteraarhornhütte of the Swiss Alpine Club ( above sea level) is often used as an intermediate station on the route from Lötsch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
