Tsanfleuron Glacier

Tsanfleuron Glacier
French: Glacier de Tsanfleuron
Location Switzerland
Coordinates 46°19′8″N 7°13′21″E / 46.31889°N 7.22250°E / 46.31889; 7.22250Coordinates: 46°19′8″N 7°13′21″E / 46.31889°N 7.22250°E / 46.31889; 7.22250
Length 3.5 km

The Tsanfleuron Glacier (French: Glacier de Tsanfleuron, German: Tsanfleurongletscher) is a 3.5 km (2.2 mi) long glacier (2005) situated in the western Bernese Alps in the cantons of Valais and Vaud in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 3.81 km2 (1.47 sq mi).

Most of the glacier is used as a ski area and is better known under the name Glacier 3000 or Glacier des Diablerets (the latter is in fact a nearby smaller glacier on the summit of the Diablerets). The area can be reached from the Scex Rouge.

In July of 2017, the frozen bodies of a Swiss couple who went missing in 1942 were discovered on the glacier by a local ski-resort employee, their bodies exposed by the receding glacier.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Campion, Gilles (18 July 2017). "Swiss couple found on glacier 75 years after disappearance". AFP. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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