Aretsch Glacier - Aretsch Glacier

Japanese: アレッチュ氷河 - あれっちゅひょうが
Aretsch Glacier - Aretsch Glacier


[Topography, Climate]
A large mountain range that lies in a crescent-shaped arc from east to west across the southwestern part of the European continent. The Alps are called Alpes in French, Alpen in German, and Alpi in Italian. They extend for about 1,200 km and are 130 to 200 km wide. If the mountain range is divided into eastern and western parts by the St. Gotthard Pass, the Eastern Alps branch out into more mountain ranges than the Western Alps, and are wider but lower in altitude. The total area is about 180,000 km2, of which 40% belongs to the Western Alps and 60% to the Eastern Alps. …

From [Jungfrau [Mountain]]

…To the northeast, Mönch (4,099 m) and Eiger (3,970 m) are two of the three most famous mountains in the Bernese Oberland. The Alps' largest glacier (area 113.4 km2, length 25 km) flows down from the southeast of the snow-covered mountain. The name "virgin peak" comes from the fact that it was a difficult mountain to climb, but in 1811, the Mayer brothers succeeded in reaching the summit. …

*Some of the terms mentioned in the "Aletsch Glacier" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[地形,気候]
 ヨーロッパ大陸の南西部を東西に半月形の弧を描いて横たわる大山脈。アルプスは英語での呼称で,フランス語ではアルプAlpes,ドイツ語ではアルペンAlpen,イタリア語ではアルピAlpiと呼ばれる。延長約1200km,幅130~200kmに及ぶ。ザンクト・ゴットハルト峠で山脈を東西に二分すると,東アルプスは西アルプスより多くの山脈に分枝して,幅は広いが高度は低い。総面積は約18万km2で,その40%が西アルプスに,その60%が東アルプスに属する。…

【ユングフラウ[山]】より

…北東に連なるメンヒMönch(4099m),アイガー(3970m)とともにベルナーオーバーラントの3名山。雪原におおわれた山体の南東から,アルプス最大の大アレッチュ氷河(面積113.4km2,延長25km)が流下する。〈処女峰〉を意味するこの呼称は,登頂の困難な山であったことに由来するが,1811年にマイヤー兄弟がそれに成功した。…

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