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Oberaargletscher

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The Oberaargletscher, whose name means Upper Aare Glacier, is a glacier in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, measured at about 4 kilometers long in 2005. In 1973 it covered an area of about 5.82 square kilometers, and its lower end lies roughly 400 meters higher than the original lower end of the neighboring Unteraargletscher.

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The Oberaargletscher (German: [ˈoːbəraːrˌglɛtʃər]), literally "Upper Aare-Glacier", is a 4 km (2.5 mi) long glacier (2005) situated in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
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