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