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Oberaargletscher Location: Bernese Alps, 659.0 / 153.7; Length (1973): 4.95 km; Orientation: east; Surface are (1973): 5.82 km²
Dammed Oberaarsee, Oberaarglescher and, far back, Oberaarhorn.	Oberaar dam and glavier in the distance.	Forefield of Oberaargletscher, formation of a delta by the meltwater stream.
View fromthe glacier tongue towards Oberaarsee and dam.	Narrow ice bridge over meltwater stream.	Perfect glacier table on the lower glacier tongue.
Thin slab of gneiss on top of a glacier table.	Meandering meltwater stream.	Cotton grass, erratics and glacier tongue.
Photos 2002, Jürg Alean