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Aletsch Glacier, the largest glacier in the Alps, covers more than 120 square kilometres (more than 45 square miles) in southern Switzerland. It descends round the south of the ...
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Aletsch (ä`lĕch), glacier, 66 sq mi (171 sq km), 16 mi (26 km) long and 1.2 mi (1.9 km) wide, S central Switzerland, largest in the Alps. It lies between the Jungfrau and the ...

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Aletsch, glacier, southern Switzerland, largest glacier of Europe, in the Alps. It is 20 km (12.5 mi) long and sweeps around the southern side of the Jungfrau in the Swiss Alps. At the eastern extremity lies a glacier lake, Märjelensee (2,350 m/7,711 ft above sea level). To the northwest rises Aletschhorn (4,195 m/13,763 ft), which was first climbed in 1859.

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