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25 largest glaciers in Switzerland by area

25 glaciers, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The glaciers

  1. 1Aletsch Glacier118 km²
  2. 2Gorner Glacier60 km²
  3. 3Fiescher Glacier21 km²
  4. 4Corbassière Glacier14 km²
  5. 5Rhone Glacier13 km²
  6. 6Fee Glacier13 km²
  7. 7Trift Glacier12 km²
  8. 8Kander Glacier11 km²
  9. 9Findel Glacier11 km²
  10. 10Mont Miné Glacier8.7 km²
  11. 11Ferpècle Glacier8.6 km²
  12. 12Oberaletsch Glacier8.1 km²
  13. 13Allalin Glacier7.5 km²
  14. 14Upper Grindelwald Glacier7.4 km²
  15. 15Gauli Glacier7.2 km²
  16. 16Morteratsch Glacier7.1 km²
  17. 17Plaine Morte Glacier6.5 km²
  18. 18Ried Glacier6.3 km²
  19. 19Stein Glacier5.8 km²
  20. 20Rosenlaui Glacier5.5 km²
  21. 21Saleina Glacier5.1 km²
  22. 22Forno Glacier4.9 km²
  23. 23Giétro Glacier4.6 km²
  24. 24Tschierva Glacier4.5 km²
  25. 25Arolla Glacier4.4 km²

Area in km²: Wikidata’s (P2046), else measured on the OpenStreetMap outline where it fits; the Antarctic ice sheet’s from NSIDC. A glacier of unknown area is left out. Glaciers, ice caps, ice fields, ice sheets and ice shelves from Wikidata with articles in 10 or more Wikipedia editions, or 300 km² or larger, or 40 km or longer; a glacier that is also a mountain or volcano stays with the peaks.

On the map

Map of 25 largest glaciers in Switzerland by area, 25 glaciers: each one marked on the globe

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