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Otemma Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

The Otemma Glacier is a glacier in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais, Switzerland, measured at 7.7 kilometers long in 2005, down from 8.7 kilometers in 1973. Like most Alpine glaciers it has been receding, retreating a further 1.2 kilometers between 1973 and 2010, and the terminus of its snout zone collapsed in the summer of 2018. 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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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: Otemma Glacier

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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: Otemma Glacier
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Otemma Glacier (Wikipedia)
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The Otemma Glacier (French: Glacier d'Otemma) is a 7.7 km (4.8 mi) long glacier (2005) situated in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
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