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Gornergletscher

Gornergletscher is a 56.6 km² glacier in Switzerland, in the Alps area of Central Europe. It is 13 km long, from 2,182 m to 4,511 m above sea level.

Inventory ID RGI2000-v7.0-G-11-01225, outline mapped in 2003. Source: Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0. More glaciers in Central Europe.

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Area
56.6 km²
Length
13 km
Highest point
4,511 m
Lowest point
2,182 m
Median elevation
3,337 m
Mean slope
19°
Glacier data: RGI 7.0 Consortium (2023), Randolph Glacier Inventory, Version 7.0, NSIDC, CC BY 4.0. Adoption is symbolic and gives no legal title to the ice.