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Geological Formation

Upper Grindelwald Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

The Upper Grindelwald Glacier is one of two valley glaciers near Grindelwald on the northern side of the Bernese Alps, in the canton of Bern, the other being the Lower Grindelwald Glacier. It had a length of about 6.6 kilometers and covered an area of 9.6 square kilometers in 1973, arising from a vast snowfield north of the Schreckhorn and south of the Wetterhorn. By 2008 its glacier tongue stood at around 1,400 meters above sea level, making it one of the lowest glaciers in the Alps. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Protected Status
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
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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: Upper Grindelwald 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: Upper Grindelwald Glacier
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Found In

Switzerland

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikidata: Upper Grindelwald Glacier
Sources
1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Upper Grindelwald 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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Upper Grindelwald Glacier (Wikipedia)
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The Upper Grindelwald Glacier (German: Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher) is one of the two valley glaciers near Grindelwald on the northern side of the Bernese Alps, in the canton of Bern (the other being the Lower Grindelwald Glacier).
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Wikidata: Upper Grindelwald Glacier
Wikidata Q691681, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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