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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pers Glacier canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Piz Bernina → hasGlacier → Pers Glacier ⓘ
Morteratsch Glacier → confluenceWith → Pers Glacier ⓘ