Glacier de la Dent Blanche
Located in Evolène, Hérens District Coordinates: 46°02′25″ N 7°35′56″ E
- Elevation
- 3,316 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- TRN Turin Airport93 km
- BRN Bern Airport97 km
About Glacier de la Dent Blanche
Glacier de la Dent Blanche is a natural site. Location: Evolène, Hérens District. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (93 km). Nearby sights include Rocs Rouges and Dent Blanche.
Photos of Glacier de la Dent Blanche
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Zinalrothorn Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Tête Blanche Jackph · Public domain -
Ober Gabelhorn Christian David · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Punta Carrel Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Climate of Glacier de la Dent Blanche
This month · November
A cold month
Day -6° · Night -11° · Rain 87 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 6°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -16°)
- Wettest month
- November (87 mm)
- Driest month
- July (63 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | -10° | -10° | -9° | -7° | -2° | 2° | 5° | 6° | 3° | -1° | -6° | -8° |
| Average low (°C) | -15° | -16° | -15° | -13° | -8° | -5° | -1° | 0° | -3° | -7° | -11° | -14° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 80 | 77 | 81 | 77 | 78 | 69 | 63 | 70 | 64 | 78 | 87 | 80 |
How to get to Glacier de la Dent Blanche
The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 93 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 91 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 93 kmsouth
- Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 97 kmnorth
- Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP) Ferno (VA) 99 kmsoutheast
Nearby large cities
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 91 kmnorthwest
- Bern Population: 121.6K 102 kmnorth
- Geneva Population: 201.7K 114 kmwest
- Zurich Population: 415.4K 164 kmnortheast
- Basel Population: 177.6K 169 kmnorth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Glacier de la Dent Blanche
Within 100 km: 83 historic and cultural sites, 4,976 natural sites, 600 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km706 places
- Illsee Lake 24 kmN
- Gouilly d'en Haut Lake 24 kmNW
- Le Gouillé Vert Lake 22 kmNW
- Unterer Märetschisee Lake 25 kmN
25–60 km2,139 places
- Oeschinen Lake Lake 52 kmN
- Stausee Mattmark Lake 28 kmE
- Lac de Fully Lake 42 kmW
- Lac de Derborence Lake 40 kmNW
60–100 km2,814 places
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 73 kmN
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 73 kmN
- Strandbad Leissigen Beach 70 kmN
- Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 80 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Prafleuri Village, Evolène6.2 km NW
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Evolène Village, Evolène12 km NW
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La Forclaz Village, Evolène8 km NW
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Zermatt Town, Zermatt12 km E
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Zermatt Municipality, Visp District13 km SE
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Les Haudères Village, Evolène8.4 km NW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Rocs Rouges Mountain, Evolène0.7 km W
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Dent Blanche Mountain, Anniviers1.2 km SE
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Glacier de Bricola Natural site, Evolène1.4 km N
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Grand Gendarme Mountain, Zermatt1.5 km SE
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Grand Cornier Mountain, Anniviers1.6 km NE
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Arête des Quatre Ânes Mountain, Zermatt1.7 km E
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Glacier des Manzettes Natural site, Evolène1.7 km S
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Les Manzettes Mountain, Evolène2 km SW
More nature in Switzerland
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Tête Blanche Mountain, Evolène6.2 km S
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Roc Noir Mountain, Evolène2.4 km S
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Pointe de Bricola Mountain, Evolène2.5 km N
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La Maya Mountain, Evolène2.6 km NW
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Glacier des Rosses Natural site, Evolène2.8 km NW
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Mont Miné Mountain, Evolène3.4 km SW
Sources & licences
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