3-839: The Unteraargletscher ( German: [ˈʊntəraːrˌglɛtʃər] ), literally "Lower Aare-Glacier ", is the larger of the two sources of the Aare river in the Bernese Alps . It emerges from the association of the Finsteraargletscher (near the Finsteraarhorn ) and the Lauteraargletscher (near the Lauteraarhorn ) and flows for about 6 km (3.7 mi) to the east down to the Grimselsee near
6-775: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Aargletschers The Aargletschers , literally "Aare-Glaciers", are a system of glaciers located at the sources of the Aare river in the Bernese Alps , Switzerland . In the original German the name is "Aargletscher" both in singular and plural, as in German the plural of "gletscher" is only marked by a change of the article : der Gletscher (one glacier), die Gletscher (many glaciers). The Aargletschers are constituted by two distinct partial glacier systems: 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. This article about
9-459: The Grimsel Pass . In total the glacier was 12.95 km (8.05 mi) long and 29.48 km (11.38 sq mi) in area in 1973. Its lower end is (or was) almost 400 metres lower than that of the neighbouring Oberaargletscher . In the 18th and 19th centuries, it was one of the first subjects of developing glaciology . This article about a glacier in the canton of Bern is
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