Glacier Durand
Located in Anniviers, Sierre District Coordinates: 46°02′25″ N 7°38′43″ E
- Elevation
- 3,002 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- TRN Turin Airport93 km
- MXP Milan Malpensa International Airport96 km
About Glacier Durand
Glacier Durand is a natural site. Location: Anniviers, Sierre District. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (93 km). Nearby sights include Ober Gabelhorn and Mont Durand.
Photos of Glacier Durand
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Zinalrothorn Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Matterhorn Gianluca Miscione · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
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 Durand
This month · November
A cold month
Day -4° · Night -9° · Rain 87 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 8°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -13°)
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -8° | -8° | -7° | -5° | 0° | 4° | 7° | 8° | 5° | 1° | -4° | -6° |
| Average low (°C) | -13° | -13° | -13° | -11° | -6° | -3° | 1° | 2° | -1° | -4° | -9° | -12° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 80 | 77 | 81 | 77 | 78 | 69 | 63 | 70 | 64 | 78 | 87 | 80 |
How to get to Glacier Durand
The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 93 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 94 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 93 kmsouth
- Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP) Ferno (VA) 96 kmsoutheast
- Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 98 kmnorth
Nearby large cities
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 94 kmnorthwest
- Bern Population: 121.6K 102 kmnorth
- Geneva Population: 201.7K 117 kmwest
- Zurich Population: 415.4K 163 kmnortheast
- Basel Population: 177.6K 169 kmnorth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Glacier Durand
Within 100 km: 85 historic and cultural sites, 5,089 natural sites, 619 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km690 places
- Stausee Mattmark Lake 24 kmE
- Illsee Lake 24 kmN
- Unterer Märetschisee Lake 24 kmN
- Lac de Tsofeiret Lake 23 kmSW
25–60 km2,163 places
- Oeschinen Lake Lake 51 kmN
- Lac de Fully Lake 45 kmW
- Lac de Derborence Lake 42 kmNW
- Daubensee Lake 41 kmN
60–100 km2,940 places
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 72 kmN
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 72 kmN
- Strandbad Leissigen Beach 69 kmN
- Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 79 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Ober Gabelhorn Mountain, Anniviers1.8 km E
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Mont Durand Mountain, Zermatt0.8 km SE
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Le Coeur Mountain, Anniviers1.2 km NE
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Hohwänghorn Mountain, Zermatt1.3 km S
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Glacier du Grand Cornier Natural site, Anniviers1.6 km W
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Arbengletscher Natural site, Zermatt1.7 km SE
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Pointe de Zinal Mountain, Zermatt1.9 km SW
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Glacier de l'Obergabelhorn Natural site, Anniviers1.8 km NE
More nature in Switzerland
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Zinalrothorn Mountain, Anniviers4.4 km NE
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Weisshorn Mountain, Anniviers8.7 km NE -
Dent Blanche Mountain, Anniviers2.7 km W
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Trifthorn Mountain, Anniviers2.8 km NE
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Grand Cornier Mountain, Anniviers2.9 km NW
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Le Mammouth Mountain, Anniviers3 km N
Sources & licences
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