The Verstancla Glacier (german: Verstanclagletscher) is a 2 km long
glacier
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(2005) situated in the
Silvretta Range in the canton of
Graubünden in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. In 1973 it had an area of 1.27 km
2. The glacier is located north of the
Verstanclahorn
The Verstanclahorn is a mountain of the Swiss Silvretta Alps, located between Piz Buin and Piz Linard in the canton of Graubünden. The mountain has a pyramidal shape with the northern face lying above the Verstancla Glacier. The smaller glac ...
. It is parallel to the larger
Silvretta Glacier lying a few kilometres north.
The Verstancla Glacier gives birth to the river ''Verstanclabach'' which ends in the river
Landquart.
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 network
Glaciers of Graubünden
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