Pers Glacier

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Pers Glacier is a prominent valley glacier in the Bernina Range of the Swiss Alps, known for its scenic ice flows descending from the Piz Bernina massif.

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Pers Glacier canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf valley glacier
accessPoint Pontresina
affectedBy climate change
belongsTo Bernina Alps
climateZone alpine climate
continent Europe
country Switzerland
drainageDirection north
drainsFrom Piz Bernina
environment high mountain environment
feeds Morteratsch Glacier system
linked to: Morteratsch Glacier
flowsTowards Morteratsch Glacier
geologicalType alpine glacier
hasFeature crevasses
icefalls
seracs
hasRisk crevasse danger
hasScientificInterest climate research
glaciology
hasStatus retreating glacier
hasViewOf Piz Bernina
Piz Palü
hydrologicalBasin Danube basin
linked to: Danube River basin
isSubjectOf glacier monitoring studies
knownFor alpine scenery
scenic ice flows
languageRegion Romansh-speaking region
locatedIn Bernina Range
Swiss Alps
locatedInCanton Graubünden
locatedInCountry Switzerland
locatedInMunicipality Pontresina
mapRegion Swiss topographic maps 1:25,000 (Bernina area)
mountainRange Bernina Range
near Morteratsch Glacier
nearestMajorPeak Piz Bernina
Piz Palü
partOf Eastern Alps
Piz Bernina massif
popularFor glacier hiking
mountain photography
region Engadin
linked to: Engadin valley
requires alpine equipment for safe travel
surfaceType ice
tourismType alpine tourism

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

Piz Bernina hasGlacier Pers Glacier
Morteratsch Glacier confluenceWith Pers Glacier