The Diablerets Glacier (french: Glacier des Diablerets) is a
glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...
situated on the summit of
Les Diablerets
Les Diablerets is a village and ski resort located in the municipality of Ormont-Dessus in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
The village lies at an altitude of on the north side of the massif of the Diablerets, , in the Swiss Alps. It can be a ...
in the
Bernese Alps
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. It covers an area of approximatively 1 km
2.
The Diablerets Glacier is often confused with the nearby much larger and popular
Tsanfleuron Glacier
The Tsanfleuron Glacier (french: Glacier de Tsanfleuron, german: Tsanfleurongletscher) is a long glacier (2005) situated in the western Bernese Alps in the cantons of Valais and Vaud in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of . It culminates at the ...
.
References
Swiss topographic maps
Glaciers of Valais
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