Zinal Glacier

Zinal Glacier
Glacier de Zinal
Glacier de zinal and Dent Blanche
Location	Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates	46°3′13″N 7°39′7″E / 46.05361°N 7.65194°E / 46.05361; 7.65194Coordinates: 46°3′13″N 7°39′7″E / 46.05361°N 7.65194°E / 46.05361; 7.65194
Length	7 km

The Zinal Glacier (French: Glacier de Zinal) is a 7 km (4.3 mi) long glacier (2005) situated in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 15.4 km² (5.9 sq mi). The glacier gives birth to the river , which runs through a cave.

View from inside the glacier

See also[]

• List of glaciers in Switzerland
• List of glaciers
• Retreat of glaciers since 1850
• Swiss Alps

External links[]

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• Swiss glacier monitoring network

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