Schneeferner
Sign in to saveThe Schneeferner in the Bavarian Alps is Germany's highest and largest glacier.
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- Instance of
- glacier
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Continent
- Europe
- Elevation
- 1459
- Image
- Zugspitzplatt mit Schneeferner.JPG
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Northern Schneeferner
- Exploitation of the glacier
- Record summer of 2003
- Northern Schneeferner in figures
- Southern Schneeferner
- The Southern Schneeferner in figures
- References
- External links
The Schneeferner in the Bavarian Alps is Germany's highest and largest glacier.
== Geography == Schneeferner glacier is located on the Zugspitzplatt, a plateau south of the country's highest peak, the Zugspitze, that descends from west to east and forms the head of the Reintal valley. The meltwaters from the glacier seep away into the karstified plateau and surface again in the Reintal, where they feed the River Partnach. The Schneeferner is one of the northernmost glaciers in the Alps.
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