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Rosenlaui Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

The Rosenlaui Glacier is a glacier about 5 kilometers long in the Bernese Alps, in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. In 1973 it covered an area of 6.14 square kilometers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Protected Status
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Connections

Caused By

Glaciation, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Rosenlaui Glacier

In Discipline

Glaciology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Rosenlaui Glacier
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Switzerland

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikidata: Rosenlaui Glacier
Sources
1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Rosenlaui Glacier, World Database on Protected Areas
UNEP-WCMC and IUCNname_eng and desig_eng
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"name_eng": "Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch", "desig_eng": "World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)"
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Rosenlaui Glacier (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Lead section
The Rosenlaui Glacier (German: Rosenlauigletscher) is a 5-km-long glacier (as of 2005) in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
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Wikidata: Rosenlaui Glacier
Wikidata Q664777, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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