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Natural site

Glacier du Liapey

Located in Hérémence, Hérens District Coordinates: 46°01′51″ N 7°22′46″ E

Map showing the location of Glacier du Liapey Glacier du Liapey
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,917 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Val de Bagnes
6 km SW
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
TRN Turin Airport95 km
BRN Bern Airport98 km

About Glacier du Liapey

Glacier du Liapey is a natural site. Location: Hérémence, Hérens District. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (95 km). Nearby sights include Glacier de la Sâle and Le Pleureur.

Climate of Glacier du Liapey

This month · November

A wet month

Day -4° · Night -9° · Rain 118 mm

Hottest month
August (day 9°)
Coldest month
February (night -13°)
Wettest month
November (118 mm)
Driest month
September (79 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).

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Climate of Glacier du Liapey
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-8°-8°-6°-4°1°5°8°9°6°1°-4°-6°
Average low (°C)-13°-13°-12°-10°-6°-2°1°2°-1°-4°-9°-11°
Precipitation (mm)10810710410110290808779103118113

How to get to Glacier du Liapey

The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 95 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 79 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 95 kmsouth
  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 98 kmnorth
  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 100 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 79 kmnorthwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 97 kmwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 102 kmnorth
  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 161 kmsouthwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 170 kmnorth

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Glacier du Liapey

Within 100 km: 104 historic and cultural sites, 4,493 natural sites, 547 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km613 places

  • Lac d'Orny Lake 24 kmW
  • Gouilly d'en Haut Lake 17 kmN
  • Le Gouillé Vert Lake 13 kmN
  • Lac de Tsofeiret Lake 9 kmS

25–60 km2,113 places

  • Ile de Salagnon Island 59 kmNW
  • Oeschinen Lake Lake 58 kmNE
  • Stausee Mattmark Lake 45 kmE
  • Lac de Fully Lake 28 kmNW

60–100 km2,418 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 79 kmNE
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 80 kmNE
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 76 kmNE
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 88 kmNE

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