The Kander Neve (german: Kanderfirn) is a long
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 ...
(2005) of the
Bernese Alps, situated south of
Kandersteg in the
canton of Berne. The glacier lies at the upper end of the Gasterental, at the foot of the
Blüemlisalp
The Blüemlisalp is a massif of the Bernese Alps, in the territory of the municipalities of Kandersteg and Reichenbach im Kandertal.
Its main peaks are:
*Blüemlisalphorn (3,661 m)
*Wyssi Frau (3,648 m)
*Morgenhorn (3,623 m)
The entire massif ...
and the
Tschingelhorn
The Tschingelhorn (3,562 m) is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. The summit of the Klein Tschingelhorn (3,495 m) on the west is the tripoint between the valleys of Kandertal, Laut ...
. It borders the valley of
Lauterbrunnen on the east (
Tschingel Pass
The Tschingel Pass (2,787 m) is a high mountain pass of the Bernese Alps, connecting Kandersteg with Stechelberg in the Bernese Oberland. It is the lowest pass between the upper Kandertal and the valley of Lauterbrunnental, Lauterbrunnen. The pas ...
) and the canton of
Valais
Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 ...
on the south (
Petersgrat). In 1973 it had an area of .
The glacier feeds the head waters of the
Kander, a river that flows into
Lake Thun, and hence into the
Aare and the
Rhine
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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See also
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List of glaciers in Switzerland
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Swiss Alps
The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps (german: Schweizer Alpen, french: Alpes suisses, it, Alpi svizzere, rm, Alps svizras), represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss ...
External links
Swiss glacier monitoring networkInteractive repeat photo comparisons of Kander Glacier
Glaciers of Switzerland
Glaciers of the Alps
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