Inner valley glacier
Inner valley glacier | ||
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location | Blatten , Canton of Valais , Switzerland | |
Mountains | Bernese Alps , Western Alps | |
Type | Valley glacier | |
surface | 1.5 km² | |
Altitude range | - 2900 m above sea level M. (highest point missing) | |
Coordinates | 632 171 / 147 017 | |
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drainage | Lonza → Rhone |
The Inner Talgletscher is a small glacier in Switzerland in the Bernese Alps .
It is located in the Lötschental south of the weather gap between Tschingelhorn and Breithorn . It extends over an area of approx. 1.5 km² and is connected to the larger Üsser valley glacier in the west and to the Breithorn glacier in the north via the weather gap . The glacier reaches up to about 2900 m above sea level. M. and is located in the municipality of Blatten . It drains over the Lonza and the Rhone as their receiving waters into the Mediterranean .