Rhone Glacier

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Rhone Glacier

Summary

Rhone Glacier is a valley glacier[1]. It draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (valley_glacier category, ranking #3 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rhone Glacier is located in Canton of Valais[3].
  • Rhone Glacier is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • Rhone Glacier is on the continent of Europe[5].
  • Rhone Glacier's instance of is recorded as valley glacier[6].
  • Rhone Glacier's instance of is recorded as glacier[7].
  • Rhône is named after Rhone Glacier[8].
  • Rhone Glacier's Commons category is recorded as Rhône Glacier[9].
  • Rhone Glacier's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 46.60454, 'longitude': 8.38605}[10].
  • Rhone Glacier's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Zweiter Band[11].
  • Rhone Glacier sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+2627'}[12].
  • Rhone Glacier's mountain range is recorded as Uri Alps[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include valley glacier[6] and glacier[7].

Origins

Rhône is named after Rhone Glacier[8].

Why It Matters

Rhone Glacier draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (valley_glacier category, ranking #3 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag rhone-glacier-switzerland
    Described by source Meyer’s Universum, Zweiter Band
    Instance of
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Canton of Valais
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: rhone-glacier-switzerland, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289963447|rhone glacier switzerland (#289963447)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/"
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