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Glacier on the Monte Rosa massif
The Gorner Glacier (German: Gornergletscher) is a valley glacier found on the west side of the Monte Rosa massif close to Zermatt in the canton of Valais
Gorner_Glacier
Glacier of the Alps
the Theodul Glacier is overlooked by the Matterhorn. Until about 1980s the Lower Theodul Glacier was still connected to the Gorner Glacier and one of its
Theodul_Glacier
Massif in Switzerland and Italy
to de Gorner. In standard German, the name Gorner is still used for the western ridge protruding from the main mass (Gornergrat) and the glacier that lies
Monte_Rosa
Mountain in Switzerland
The Gornergrat (English: Gorner Ridge; 3,135 m (10,285 ft)) is a rocky ridge of the Pennine Alps, overlooking the Gorner Glacier south-east of Zermatt in
Gornergrat
Mountain in the Swiss and Italian Alps
Gabelhorn (7 km away) across the Zmutt Glacier and valley (above Zermatt), the east face overlooks the Gorner Glacier system between the Gornergrat and Monte
Matterhorn
Place in Valais, Switzerland
which rises at the glaciers at the feet of the highest peaks: the Gorner Glacier on the east side near Monte Rosa and the Zmutt Glacier on the west side
Zermatt
Glacially formed accumulation of debris
formerly glaciated regions and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice sheet. It may consist of partly rounded particles ranging in size
Moraine
Surname list
Görner (1702 –1762), German composer Hermann Görner (1891–1956), German strongman Gorner Glacier, a valley glacier on the Monte Rosa massif in Switzerland
Görner
Mountain hut in Switzerland
It dominates the Grenzgletscher (Border Glacier) to the south and west, and further down the Gorner Glacier, and is surrounded by many four-thousanders
Monte_Rosa_Hut
Highest point in Switzerland
approaches to the summit were made from the northern slopes over the Gorner glacier via the Silbersattel (4,510 m). This pass was first reached on 12 August
Dufourspitze
Portion of the Alps that lies within Switzerland
the Fiescher and Aar Glaciers, the region became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. An effect of the retreat of the Rhine Glacier some 10,000 years ago
Swiss_Alps
Scientific study of ice and natural phenomena involving ice
(logos) 'subject matter'; lit. 'study of ice') is the scientific study of glaciers, or, more generally, ice and natural phenomena that involve ice. Glaciology
Glaciology
Mountain rack railway, located in the Swiss canton of Valais
123 ft) in the Alps and several glaciers, including the Gorner Glacier (which is billed as the second longest glacier in the Alps). At the end of the
Gornergrat_Railway
Mountain in Switzerland
of Valais. It lies on the range that separates the Findel Glacier from the Gorner Glacier, between the Gornergrat and the Stockhorn. Its summit has an
Hohtälli
Glacier Allalin Glacier Brunegg Glacier Corbassière Glacier Fee Glacier Ferpècle Glacier Fiescher Glacier Findel Glacier Gauli Glacier Gorner Glacier
List_of_glaciers_in_Europe
Mountain in the Pennine Alps
(south) side. On the Swiss (north) side, the mountain rises above the Zmutt Glacier in the remote valley of Zmutt, 12 km away from the town of Zermatt. Despite
Dent_d'Hérens
Central line of mountains that forms the divide of the Alps
4+3⁄4 mi) and the Gorner Glacier at Zermatt (now 12.5 km or 7+3⁄4 mi). In the Eastern Alps the longest glacier was the Pasterze Glacier (8.4 km or 5+1⁄4 mi
Main_chain_of_the_Alps
Mountain in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland
metres are covered by glaciers, the two largest being the Ried Glacier situated at the foot of the Nadelgrat and the Fee Glacier, at the foot of the Dom
Dom_(mountain)
Valley in southwestern Switzerland
glaciated, the second largest glacier of the Alps, the Gorner Glacier lies at the foot of Monte Rosa (4,634 m), while the Zmutt Glacier lies at the foot of the
Mattertal
Glacier of the Pennine Alps
The Matterhorn Glacier (German: Matterhorngletscher) is a glacier of the Pennine Alps, located at the base of the north face of the Matterhorn (4478m above
Matterhorn_Glacier
Mountain in the Pennine Alps
above the town of Randa on the east side of the massif, below the Bis Glacier. The Weisshorn is situated in the southern canton of Valais, about 25 km
Weisshorn
Canton of Switzerland
Located there are numerous glaciers including several of the largest in the Alps, such as the Aletsch Glacier and the Gorner Glacier. Other ranges situated
Valais
North Atlantic regional climate era, c. 950 - c. 1250
provide insight into the region's climate history. On the other hand, the Gorner glacier (Switzerland) which is the second largest of the Alps advanced during
Medieval_Warm_Period
Peak of the Pennine Alps
Breithorn massif and overlooks on its south side the almost equally high flat glacier named Breithorn Plateau, just north of the international border with Italy
Klein_Matterhorn
Scottish geologist (1797–1875)
large forks of the Tuolumne River Lyell Land (Greenland) Lyell Glacier Lyell Glacier, South Georgia Mount Lyell (California) Mount Lyell (Canada) Mount
Charles_Lyell
Mountain in the Pennine Alps
Grenzgletscher. The gentler southern side rises only a few hundred metres above the glacier of the same name: Lysgletscher. The eastern and higher of the two peaks
Lyskamm
Movement of solid particles, typically by gravity and fluid entrainment
bodies of water due to currents and tides. Transport is also caused by glaciers as they flow, and on terrestrial surfaces under the influence of wind.
Sediment_transport
Mountain in the Pennine Alps in Valais Canton, Switzerland
the Schönbiel Glacier (part of the Zmutt Glacier), the south-west face rises above the Manzettes Glacier (part of the Ferpècle Glacier) and, finally,
Dent_Blanche
Mountain in Switzerland
of Piedmont), 2,600 metres below. On its west side it overlooks the Gorner Glacier (Swiss canton of Valais). Near the summit (3,960 m) is located a small
Jägerhorn
Overview of glaciers in Switzerland
Gorner Zinal Ried Allalin Otemma Brunegg Corbassière Trient Grindelwald Kander Aar Fiesch Aletsch Tsanfleuron Plaine Morte Rhone Stein Trift Hüfi Vorab
List of glaciers in Switzerland
List_of_glaciers_in_Switzerland
Mountain range in the western Alps within Italy and Switzerland
glaciers: Gorner Glacier Corbassière Glacier Findel Glacier Zmutt Glacier Zinal Glacier Otemma Glacier Allalin Glacier Ferpècle Glacier Fee Glacier Mont
Pennine_Alps
River in the canton of Valais
branches. It is over 30 kilometres (19 mi) long, from the mouth of the Gorner Glacier to Stalden. It comprehends small but numerous affluents, notably the
Vispa
Mountain in Switzerland
Signalkuppe Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher
Signalkuppe
Mountain in the Pennine Alps
western foot of the mountain lies the large Zinal Glacier and, on the northern side, the Moming Glacier. L'Epaule (the shoulder) is a minor summit lying
Zinalrothorn
Glacier in Switzerland
The Findel Glacier (German: Findelgletscher) is a valley glacier in the Monte Rosa massif east of Zermatt in the Pennine Alps. It has a length of 8 km
Findel_Glacier
Railway station in Zermatt, Switzerland
the railway station a trail leads to the Monte Rosa Hut, across the Gorner Glacier. As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services
Rotenboden_railway_station
Glacier in Switzerland
The Ried Glacier (German: Riedgletscher) is a 6 km long glacier (2005) situated in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973 it
Ried_Glacier
Municipality in Valais, Switzerland
Signalkuppe Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher
Täsch
Mountain range of the Pennine Alps
Signalkuppe Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher
Breithorn
Resort in Valais, Switzerland
Signalkuppe Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher
Riffelalp
2022 British nature documentary series
technology; using drones to capture live avalanches and disintegrating glaciers. Each episode, except for the last, concludes with a segment entitled Out
Frozen_Planet_II
Municipality in Valais, Switzerland
Signalkuppe Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher
St._Niklaus,_Switzerland
Mountain in Switzerland
of the town of Zermatt. It lies on the range between the Findel and Gorner glaciers, east of the Gornergrat. The Stockhorn is part of the Zermatt ski area
Stockhorn_(Zermatt)
Mountain in Switzerland
Signalkuppe Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher
Nadelhorn
Mountain in Switzerland
approaches to the Gornerhorn were made from the northern slopes over the Gorner glacier via the Silbersattel (4,510 m). This pass was first reached on August
Dunantspitze
Mountain in Switzerland
that climbing the Bishorn from the Turtmann hut requires a far longer glacier walk through sections with numerous crevasses. The access roads to the
Bishorn
History of drilling through ice sheets and glaciers
decade by Énergie Ouest Suisse to drill fifteen holes to the bed of the Gorner glacier, confirming the depths determined by A. Süsstrunk in 1948 by seismography
History_of_ice_drilling
Swiss village
passes the northern slope of the Matterhorn and terminates in the Zmutt Glacier on the border to Italy's Aosta Valley. The closest one can possibly get
Zmutt
Municipality in Valais, Switzerland
Signalkuppe Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher
Stalden
Mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps
Signalkuppe Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher
Strahlhorn
Municipality in Valais, Switzerland
municipality is located in the Visp district, on a terrace below the Ried Glacier. The glacier extends about 5 km (3.1 mi) from Ried to Bärgji and is about 1 km
Grächen
Mountain in Switzerland
side of the Balfrin is covered by a glacier named Balfringletscher. On the south side is the larger Ried Glacier. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic
Balfrin
Mountain in the Pennine Alps
ascents start from Klein Matterhorn and go by way of the Italian glacier Grand Glacier of Verra and the mountain's west flank. The first ascent was made
Castor_(mountain)
Mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland
(west) and the Zinalrothorn (north), above the Zinal Glacier. On the south side lies the Zmutt Glacier in the valley of Zmutt, which extends west of Zermatt
Ober_Gabelhorn
Group of hamlets in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
Signalkuppe Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher
Findeln
Glacier in the Pennine Alps in Valais, Switzerland
related to ZmuttGlacier. List of glaciers in Switzerland List of glaciers Retreat of glaciers since 1850 Swiss Alps Zmutt Valley Swiss glacier monitoring network
Zmutt_Glacier
Mountain in Switzerland
the latter's summit. The Täschhorn can also be climbed via the obvious glacier tongue that descends from the summit on its north-west face (Kin Face)
Täschhorn
Mountain pass in the Alps between Italy and Switzerland
summit of Monte Rosa, and makes up the watershed between the Gorner Glacier and the Lys Glacier. Just west of the pass is the Entdeckungsfels, a rock emerging
Lysjoch
Mountain in the Pennine Alps
the Alphubel consists of a large ice-covered plateau, part of the Fee Glacier on its east side. The west side of the mountain is more rocky and much
Alphubel
Mountain in Switzerland
Signalkuppe Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher
Barrhorn
Leslie Stephen at Zermatt and accompanied him up to the Riffel by the Gorner Glacier. In 1862 he accompanied Stephen on the first passage by the Jungfrau
Hereford_Brooke_George
Hamlet in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
Signalkuppe Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher
Zum_See
Municipality in Valais, Switzerland
Signalkuppe Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher
Törbel
Municipality in Valais, Switzerland
Signalkuppe Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher
Embd
Mountain in Switzerland
the Weisshorn group. On the west side of the mountain flows the Brunegg Glacier. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Bisjoch
Brunegghorn
Mountain in the Pennine Alps
Signalkuppe Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher
Rimpfischhorn
Mountain in Switzerland
route between Chamonix and Zermatt and the annually race Patrouille des Glaciers. Tête Blanche lies within a few kilometres of the Matterhorn and Dent d'Hérens
Tête_Blanche
Mountain in the Pennine Alps
Signalkuppe Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher
Pollux_(mountain)
Mountain in Switzerland
Fletsch-Horn and Alleleinhorn". In Ball, John (ed.). Peaks, Passes and Glaciers, A Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club. London: Longman
Allalinhorn
Mountain in Switzerland
Signalkuppe Glaciers Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher
Lenzspitze
Municipality in Valais, Switzerland
campsite which offers a taxi service to Zermatt, a car-free town. The Glacier Express train line also connects Randa to Zermatt. Randa is first mentioned
Randa,_Switzerland
1865 expedition in the Pennine Alps
Richard, at the open air theatre near the Riffelberg tramway station on the Gorner Ridge re-enacted events and speculations around the first ascent. On 17
First ascent of the Matterhorn
First_ascent_of_the_Matterhorn
Characters in the films and novels
Novel Villain Objective Outcome Fate Devil May Care Dr. Julius Gorner Import opium into Britain, and force Bond to pilot an airliner into Soviet territory
List_of_James_Bond_villains
The altitude and climate allow the formation and maintenance of many glaciers that feed rivers from five major European river catchments, through which
Hydrology_of_Switzerland
French software company (2000–2016)
France Key people Thierry Brethes, Founder; Nathalie Ting, Founder; Martin Görner, CEO Products Mobipocket Reader Parent Amazon Website mobipocket.com at
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GORNER GLACIER
GORNER GLACIER
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a hornblower or worker in horn, from an agent derivative of Old French corne ‘horn’ (see Corne).English : metonymic occupational name for a maker of hand mills, from an agent derivative of Old English cweorn ‘hand mill’ (see Corn 3).English : topographic name for someone who lived on the corner of two streets or tracks, (Middle English corner, from Old French cornier ‘angle’, ‘corner’).Americanized spelling of German Körner (see Koerner) or Swiss Korner.
Boy/Male
English French
Keeper of grain. Surname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a reaper or harvester, or for someone who collected wheatsheaves owed in rent, from an agent derivative of Middle English garbe ‘wheatsheaf’ (see Garbe).North German : from a personal name composed of geri, gari ‘spear’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.North German form of Gerber.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Gerber, from Yiddish garber.
Female
Irish
Variant spelling of Irish Gobnait, possibly GOBNET means "little smith."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a horse dealer, Middle English corser.
Boy/Male
English American
Grove dweller. Used as both surname and given name. Famous bearer: American president Grover...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Anglo-Norman French gerner ‘granary’ (Old French grenier, from Late Latin granarium, a derivative of granum ‘grain’). It may have been a topographic name for someone who lived near a barn or granary, or a metonymic occupational name for someone in charge of the stores kept in a granary.English : variant of Warner 1, from a central Old French form.English : reduced form of Gardener.South German : from an agent derivative of Middle High German garn ‘thread’; by extension, an occupational name for a fisherman.Altered spelling of Gerner.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : variant of Garner 1.German : habitational name for someone from any of the five places in Bavaria called Gern.
Male
English
English surname transferred to unisex forename use, GARNET means "garnet (the gem)," derived from a Middle English altered form of Old French (pome) grenate, "fruit full of seeds," the same source from which came the name of the precious stone.Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Compare Goyne, Goines.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry IV, Part 2' Duke of Clarence, Son to Henry IV. 'King Henry IV, Part 2' Thomas Wart, a...
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : topographic name for someone who lived by or in a deep valley, from Middle English, Old French gorge ‘gorge’, ‘ravine’ (from Old French gorge ‘throat’). There are various places in England and France named with this word, and the surname may be a habitational name from any of these.German : unexplained.A family by the name of Gorges originated in the village of Gorges near Périers in Normandy, France, where Ralph de Gorges was living in the late 11th century. A branch of the family was established in England when Thomas de Gorges lost his lands to the King of France. He became warden of Henry III’s manor of Powerstock, Devon.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : from a Germanic personal name, Warinhari, composed of the elements war(in) ‘guard’ + hari, heri ‘army’.English : variant of Garner 1.This name was also brought to America by the Huguenots.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Connor, CONNER means "hound-lover."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Gordon, GORDEN means "spacious fort."
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch : from Horn 1 with the agent suffix -er; an occupational name for someone who made or sold small articles made of horn, a metonymic occupational name for someone who played a musical instrument made from the horn of an animal, or a topographic name for someone who lived at a ‘horn’ of land.habitational name from Horner in Diptford, Devon, which is named from Old English horn ‘horn of land’ + ora ‘hill spur’, ‘ridge’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Horn 4.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : from a reduced form of the Germanic personal name Gernhard (see Gernhardt).English and German : variant of Gerner.
Male
Romanian
Romanian form of Greek Kornelios, CORNEL means "of a horn."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : reduced form of Gardener.Probably a translated form of German Gärtner (see Gartner).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gurney.Altered spelling of Polish Gorny.Possibly an altered spelling of German Gornig, Görnig, occupational names for a miner, from Polish góra ‘mountain’.
GORNER GLACIER
GORNER GLACIER
Boy/Male
Hindu
Priest name, Merciful
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Charming
Boy/Male
Sikh
Protector of truth, True at heart
Girl/Female
Tamil
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English
Shepherd
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Harwood.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Name of a companion
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
To Relieve; Free from Births
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil, Telugu
Great River in the Paandiyaa Kingdom
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Danish, Finnish, German, Greek, Latin, Swedish
Gift of God; Goddess; Short Version of Dorothea
GORNER GLACIER
GORNER GLACIER
GORNER GLACIER
GORNER GLACIER
GORNER GLACIER
v. t.
To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.
n.
One who grows or produces; as, a grower of corn; also, that which grows or increases; as, a vine may be a rank or a slow grower.
v. t.
To drive into a corner.
n.
See Plum Gouger.
n.
A fish. See Gurnet.
a.
Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument.
n.
Any species of the genus Cornus, as C. florida, the flowering cornel; C. stolonifera, the osier cornel; C. Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry.
n.
A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget.
n.
The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner.
n.
A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
v. t.
To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.
v. t.
To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum.
n.
Alt. of Dormer window
v. t.
To invest with the Order of the Garter.
n.
One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner.
v. t.
To bind with a garter.
n.
One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.
n.
A garner.
n.
A private corner.