The Fiescher Glacier is a valley glacier on the south side of the Bernese Alps in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is 16 kilometers long and covers an area of 33 square kilometers, making it the second-longest glacier 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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Protected StatusUNESCO World Heritage Site 1 Connections
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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.
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Fiescher Glacier, World Database on Protected Areas
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"name_eng": "Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch", "desig_eng": "World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)"
Fiescher Glacier (Wikipedia)
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The Fiescher Glacier (Fieschergletscher in German) is a valley glacier on the south side of the Bernese Alps in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. 16 km (9.9 mi) in length, it is the second longest glacier in the Alps.
Wikidata: Fiescher Glacier
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