Aletsch Glacier

Largest glacier in the Alps

The Aletsch Glacier (German: Aletschgletscher [ˈaːlɛtʃˌɡlɛtʃər]) or Great Aletsch Glacier (Grosser Aletschgletscher) is the largest glacier in the Alps. It has a length of about 23 km (14 mi) (2014), a volume of 15.4 km³ (3.7 cu mi) (2011), and covers about 81.7 km² (31.5 square miles) (2011) in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais. The Aletsch Glacier is composed of four smaller glaciers converging at Konkordiaplatz, where its thickness was measured to reach a maximum of 905 metres (2,969 ft).

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