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Oberaar Glacier

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Also known as Oberaargletscher

The Oberaargletscher (), literally "Upper Aare-Glacier", is a long glacier (2005) situated in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of . The lower end of this glacier lies almost 400 m higher than the (original) lower end of neighbouring Unteraargletscher.

Key facts

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Glacier.name
Oberaargletscher
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Oberaarsee.jpg
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Oberaarsee and Oberaargletscher
Glacier.location
Bern, Switzerland
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Switzerland#Alps
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
glacier
Located in
Canton of Berne
Elevation
2547
Image
Oberaargletscher Oberaarsee.jpg
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mountain range
Bernese Alps
Commons gallery
Oberaargletscher
Commons category
Oberaargletscher
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Encyclopedic overview

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The Oberaargletscher (), literally "Upper Aare-Glacier", is a long glacier (2005) situated in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of . The lower end of this glacier lies almost 400 m higher than the (original) lower end of neighbouring Unteraargletscher.

== Gallery ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oberaar Glacier” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

On the map

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