Telling glacier
Inner valley glacier | ||
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location | Blatten , Canton of Valais , Switzerland | |
Mountains | Bernese Alps , Western Alps | |
Type | Valley glacier | |
surface | 4 km² | |
Altitude range | - 2900 m above sea level M. (highest point missing) | |
Coordinates | 628 222 / 144960 | |
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drainage | Lonza → Rhone |
The Tellingletscher is a glacier in Switzerland in the Bernese Alps .
The south-facing glacier lies below the Birghorn and the Petersgrats far above the Lötschental in the area of the municipality of Blatten . Its ice masses cover approx. 4 km² and reach up to approx. 2900 m above sea level. M. down. In the west the glacier is connected to the Tennbach glacier , in the east with the Üsser Talgletscher and in the north via the Petersgrat with the Kanderfirn . The runoff is via the Lonza into the Rhone as a receiving water into the Mediterranean .