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Central Europe

Glaciers
4,079
Total area
2,124 km²

Central Europe has 4,079 glaciers covering 2,124 km² in total, according to the Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0, across 2 subregions. The largest named glacier is Grosser Aletsch Gletscher, at 81.8 km².

Subregions

  • Alps

    4,034 glaciers, 2,120 km²

  • Southeast Europe

    45 glaciers, 4.2 km²

Largest named glaciers

  1. 1. Grosser Aletsch Gletscher

    Alps, 81.8 km²

  2. 2. Gornergletscher

    Alps, 56.6 km²

  3. 3. Fieschergletscher Vs

    Alps, 31.3 km²

  4. Satellite view of Mer de Glace4. Mer de Glace

    Alps, 30.7 km²

  5. 5. Unteraargletscher

    Alps, 23.6 km²

  6. 6. Oberaletsch Gletscher

    Alps, 19.3 km²

  7. 7. Fieschergletscher Be

    Alps, 18.8 km²

  8. 8. Pasterze

    Alps, 17.7 km²

  9. 9. Gepatsch Ferner

    Alps, 16.7 km²

  10. 10. Corbassiere Glacier de

    Alps, 16.7 km²

  11. 11. Rhone

    Alps, 15.9 km²

  12. 12. Morteratsch Vadret da

    Alps, 15.8 km²

  13. 13. Zmuttgletscher

    Alps, 15.4 km²

  14. 14. Triftgletscher

    Alps, 14.8 km²

  15. 15. Findelengletscher

    Alps, 14.3 km²

  16. 16. dArgentiere

    Alps, 14.3 km²

  17. 17. Grand Cornier-E-I

    Alps, 14 km²

  18. 18. Kanderfirn

    Alps, 13.2 km²

  19. 19. Hšfifirn

    Alps, 12.1 km²

  20. 20. Otemma Glacier D'

    Alps, 11.8 km²

  21. 21. Forni

    Alps, 11.3 km²

  22. 22. Bossons

    Alps, 10.9 km²

  23. 23. Lys

    Alps, 10.6 km²

  24. 24. Mont Min Glacier du

    Alps, 10.5 km²

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Central Europe in numbers

Glaciers and glacier area by subregion of Central Europe, Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0
SubregionGlaciersArea
Alps4,0342,120 km²
Southeast Europe454.2 km²
Total4,0792,124 km²

Source: RGI 7.0 Consortium (2023), Randolph Glacier Inventory, Version 7.0, NSIDC, CC BY 4.0. Download the full list from the research portal.