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    the Theodul Glacier is overlooked by the Matterhorn. Until about 1980s the Lower Theodul Glacier was still connected to the Gorner Glacier and one of its...
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    Gorner Zinal Ried Allalin Otemma Brunegg Corbassière Trient Grindelwald Kander Aar Fiesch Aletsch Tsanfleuron Plaine Morte Rhone Stein Trift Hüfi Vorab...
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    Glacier Allalin Glacier Brunegg Glacier Corbassière Glacier Fee Glacier Ferpècle Glacier Fiescher Glacier Findel Glacier Gauli Glacier Gorner Glacier...
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    Monte Rosa (section Glaciers)
    to de Gorner. In standard German, the name Gorner is still used for the western ridge protruding from the main mass (Gornergrat) and the glacier that lies...
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    glaciers: Gorner Glacier Corbassière Glacier Findel Glacier Zmutt Glacier Zinal Glacier Otemma Glacier Allalin Glacier Ferpècle Glacier Fee Glacier Mont...
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    Gabelhorn (7 km away) across the Zmutt Glacier and valley (above Zermatt), the east face overlooks the Gorner Glacier system between the Gornergrat and Monte...
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  • Leslie Stephen at Zermatt and accompanied him up to the Riffel by the Gorner Glacier. In 1862 he accompanied Stephen on the first passage by the Jungfrau...
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    which rises at the glaciers at the feet of the highest peaks: the Gorner Glacier on the east side near Monte Rosa and the Zmutt Glacier on the west side...
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    Valais (redirect from Canton du Valais)
    Located there are numerous glaciers including several of the largest in the Alps, such as the Aletsch Glacier and the Gorner Glacier. Other ranges situated...
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    approaches to the summit were made from the northern slopes over the Gorner glacier via the Silbersattel (4,510 m). This pass was first reached on August...
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    summit of Monte Rosa, and makes up the watershed between the Gorner Glacier and the Lys Glacier. Just west of the pass is the Entdeckungsfels, a rock emerging...
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    Haute Route Tour du Mont Blanc Monte Rosa tour Alpine Pass Route Trans-Swiss Trail Sport La Grande Odyssée Patrouille des Glaciers Lauberhorn Ski Race...
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    Breithorn massif and overlooks on its south side the almost equally high flat glacier named Breithorn Plateau, just north of the international border with Italy...
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    (west) and the Zinalrothorn (north), above the Zinal Glacier. On the south side lies the Zmutt Glacier in the valley of Zmutt, which extends west of Zermatt...
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    Balfrin Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher...
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    metres are covered by glaciers, the two largest being the Ried Glacier situated at the foot of the Nadelgrat and the Fee Glacier, at the foot of the Dom...
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    the Schönbiel Glacier (part of the Zmutt Glacier), the south-west face rises above the Manzettes Glacier (part of the Ferpècle Glacier) and, finally,...
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    precipice. This face rises above the Weisshorn Glacier (Glacier du Weisshorn) and the Moming Glacier. The northern spur forks out at a considerable distance...
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    Grenzgletscher. The gentler southern side rises only a few hundred metres above the glacier of the same name: Lysgletscher. The eastern and higher of the two peaks...
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    Balfrin Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher...
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    the Alphubel consists of a large ice-covered plateau, part of the Fee Glacier on its east side. The west side of the mountain is more rocky and much...
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    western foot of the mountain lies the large Zinal Glacier and, on the northern side, the Moming Glacier. L'Epaule (the shoulder) is a minor summit lying...
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    Lochmatter in France (Aiguille du Grépon, first ascent by Josef Lochmatter in 1913), the Chimney Knubel in France (Aiguille du Grépon, first ascent by Josef...
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  • decade by Énergie Ouest Suisse to drill fifteen holes to the bed of the Gorner glacier, confirming the depths determined by A. Süsstrunk in 1948 by seismography...
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    (south) side. On the Swiss (north) side, the mountain rises above the Zmutt Glacier in the remote valley of Zmutt, 12 km away from the town of Zermatt. Despite...
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    municipality is located in the Visp district, on a terrace below the Ried Glacier. The glacier extends about 5 km (3.1 mi) from Ried to Bärgji and is about 1 km...
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    bodies of water due to currents and tides. Transport is also caused by glaciers as they flow, and on terrestrial surfaces under the influence of wind....
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    Liechtenstein / Structures Scolaires Cantonales en Suisse et Dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 24 June 2010. Obligatorische Schulzeit...
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    Liechtenstein / Structures Scolaires Cantonales en Suisse et Dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 24 June 2010. Obligatorische Schulzeit...
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  • Thumbnail for Strahlhorn
    Balfrin Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher...
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