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The Eiger Glacier () is a 
Eigergletscher page from the Swiss glacier monitoring network
Glaciers of the canton of Bern Glaciers of the Alps {{Bern-glacier-stub
glacier
A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...
situated on the north-west side of the Eiger
The Eiger () is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, just north of the main watershed and border with Valais. It is the easternmost peak of a ridge crest that extends ...
in the Bernese Alps
The Bernese Alps are a mountain range of the Alps located in western Switzerland. Although the name suggests that they are located in the Berner Oberland region of the canton of Bern, portions of the Bernese Alps are in the adjacent cantons of Va ...
of Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
, within the municipality of Lauterbrunnen in the canton of Bern
The canton of Bern, or Berne (; ; ; ), is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. The bear is the heraldic symbol of the c ...
. It extends from a height of above sea level behind the Little Eiger, a secondary peak to the west of the Eiger, and runs towards the valley in the direction of the Eigergletscher railway station
Eigergletscher is a railway station in the Lauterbrunnen, municipality of Lauterbrunnen in the canton of Bern. The station is served by trains of the Jungfrau railway, which run to the Jungfraujoch from Kleine Scheidegg, where they connect with s ...
. Another tongue, at above sea level, is in the form of a hanging glacier between the Eiger and Little Eiger.
The glacier is with an area of , reduced from an area of recorded in 1973. From 1993 to 2017 it retreated by around as the glacier melted. In 1990, a large, continuous crack was discovered during a helicopter flight, leading the to begin research work, to gain knowledge about hanging glaciers and develop measures to protect the Jungfrau
The Jungfrau (, , , "maiden, virgin"), at is one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps, located between the northern canton of Bern and the southern canton of Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch. Together with the Eiger and Mönc ...
railway station. The threatened collapse occurred in 1990, but without causing any damage. Since then an automatic camera has taken a photo of the glacier every day.
See also
*List of glaciers in Switzerland
This is a non-exhaustive list of the major glaciers in Switzerland. It contains their surface area, their lengths since the start of measurement and the most current year, their height and their outflow. Most of them are retreating and many wil ...
* Swiss Alps
The Alps, Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main Physica ...
References
External links
Eigergletscher page from the Swiss glacier monitoring network
Glaciers of the canton of Bern Glaciers of the Alps {{Bern-glacier-stub