Finsteraar Glacier

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Finsteraar Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, known for its remote high-alpine setting beneath peaks such as the Finsteraarhorn and Lauteraarhorn.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aar glaciers 1
Finsteraar Glacier canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf valley glacier
accessPoint Fiesch
Grindelwald
characteristic heavily crevassed
remote location
surrounded by 4000-metre peaks
climateZone alpine climate
continent Europe
country Switzerland
drainageBasin Aare river basin
linked to: Aare basin
drainsInto Aletsch Glacier system
linked to: Aletsch Glacier
elevationRange high-alpine
fedBy Agassizhorn
Finsteraarhorn
Gross Wannenhorn
Grünhorn
Lauteraarhorn
flowsTowards Aletsch Glacier
glaciologicalStatus retreating
hasNameInLanguage Finsteraargletscher (German)
linked to: Finsteraargletscher
hazard crevasses
seracs
languageOfToponym German
locatedIn Bernese Alps
Bernese Oberland
canton of Bern
locatedInProtectedArea Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area
locatedOnMountainRange Bernese Alps
near Agassizhorn
Finsteraarhorn
Finsteraarhorn Hut
Gross Wannenhorn
Grünhorn
Lauteraarhorn
partOf Aletsch Glacier basin
linked to: Aletschfirn basin

UNESCO World Heritage Site Jungfrau-Aletsch
region central Alps
sourceOf Fiescher Lütschine headwaters
surfaceType ice
tourismType alpine tourism
usedFor glacier touring
high-alpine mountaineering
ski mountaineering

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lauteraarhorn nearGlacier Finsteraar Glacier
Lauteraarhütte SAC locatedNear Aar glaciers
linked to: Finsteraar Glacier