Top 7 Famous Glaciers In The World

Aletsch Glacier – Switzerland

The Aletsch Glacier is the most fascinating in the Alps, and also the longest one. It has a total length of about 23 kilometers (14 miles) and is situated in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Valois Canton in Switzerland. Even though it’s still the longest glacier in the Alps today, it’s retreating quickly and has lost well over 1.3 kilometers (0.81 miles) of its length since the 1980s, and well over 300 meters (980 feet) of its thickness as well.

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