Oberaargletscher

Oberaargletscher
Oberaarsee and Oberaargletscher
Location within Switzerland Location within Alps
Interactive map of Oberaargletscher
Location	Bern, Switzerland
Coordinates	46°31′59″N 8°12′37″E
Length	4 km (2.5 mi)

The Oberaargletscher (German: [ˈoːbəraːrˌglɛtʃər]), literally "Upper Aare-Glacier", is a 4 km (2.5 mi) long glacier (2005) situated in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 5.82 km² (2.25 sq mi). The lower end of this glacier lies almost 400 m higher than the (original) lower end of neighbouring Unteraargletscher.

Gallery

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  Oberaargletscher (left hand in the background) and Unteraargletscher (on the right). The small blue lake left hand in front is the Triebtenseewli.
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  Upper Aargletscher as seen from the bank of the reserve lake Oberaarsee in July, 2010

See also

• List of glaciers in Switzerland
• List of glaciers
• Retreat of glaciers since 1850
• Swiss Alps
• Rhône Glacier

External links

• Swiss glacier monitoring network
• Ober- and Unteraargletscher in the Topografic Atlas of Switzerland from 1870–1922
• "Before/after comparison of Oberaar glacier (Bernese Alps)", SwissGlaciers.org, Simon Oberli