Abstract detail of Aletsch glacier showing medial moraines in the ice mass. The Aletsch Glacier (German: Aletschgletscher) or Great Aletsch Glacier (G
Abstract detail of Aletsch glacier showing medial moraines in the ice mass. The Aletsch Glacier (German: Aletschgletscher) or Great Aletsch Glacier (Grosser Aletschgletscher) is the largest glacier in the Alps. It has a length of about 23 km (14 mi) (2014), has about a volume of km3 ( cu mi) (2011), and covers about km2 ( square miles) (2011) in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Aletsch Glacier is composed of four smaller glaciers converging at Concordia Place, where its thickness was measured by the ETH to be still near 1 km (3,300 ft).[citation needed] It then continues towards the Rhône valley before giving birth to the Massa. The Aletsch Glacier is – like most glaciers on this world – a retreating glacier. As of 2016, since 1980 it lost kilometres ( mi) of its length, since 1870 kilometres ( mi), and lost also more than 300 metres (980 ft) of its thickness. The whole area, including other glaciers is part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch Protected Area, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. From the project
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