Tennbach Glacier

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Tennbach Glacier
Tennbach Glacier with Sackhorn

Tennbach Glacier with Sackhorn

location Lötschental , Canton of Valais , Switzerland
Mountains Bernese Alps , Western Alps
Type Valley glacier
surface 1 km²
Altitude range  -  2900  m above sea level M. (highest point missing)
Coordinates 625 622  /  143 163 coordinates: 46 ° 26 '22 "  N , 7 ° 46' 19"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and twenty-five thousand six hundred twenty-two  /  one hundred forty-three thousand one hundred sixty-three
Tennbach Glacier (Canton of Valais)
Tennbach Glacier
drainage Lonza
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The Tennbach Glacier is a small glacier in Switzerland in the Bernese Alps .

It is located in the Lötschental on the southern slopes of the Sackhorn and Elwertätsch . Its ice masses extend over an area of ​​approx. 1 km² and reach up to 2900  m above sea level. M. down. In the northeast it is connected to the ice of the Telling Glacier . It drains over the Lonza into the Rhone as its receiving waters into the Mediterranean .