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The Aargletschers, literally "Aare-Glaciers", are a system of glaciers located at the sources of the Aare river in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland. The original name has no plural-"s", as in German the plural of "gletscher" is only marked by changes of the article. The Aargletschers are constituted by two distinct partial glacier systems:

Map of Aargletschers, 3864 Guttannen, Switzerland

  • Unteraargletscher: composed by the converging Lauteraargletscher and Finsteraargletscher, between the Lauteraarhorn, Finsteraarhorn (46°32′14.9″N 08°07′33.7″E) and Grimselsee (46°34′11″N 08°19′39″E).
  • Oberaargletscher: between Oberaarhorn (46°31′53″N 08°10′28″E) and Oberaarsee (46°33′N 08°16′E).
  • Grimselsee and Oberaarsee are recent reserve lakes. The "…-Aar-Horns" are summits of more than 3600 metres above sea level, two of them even above 4000 metres.

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    Aargletschers Wikipedia


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