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Eiger Glacier

glacier in Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland
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Summary

Eiger Glacier is a hanging glacier[1]. It draws 311 Wikipedia views per month (hanging glacier category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lauterbrunnen[3], Canton of Berne[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Instance of: Ortschaft[6]
  • Postal code: 3823[7]
  • Commons category: Eigergletscher[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Eigergletscher[9]
  • Commons gallery: Eigergletscher[10]
  • Official name: Eigergletscher[11]
  • Mountain range: Alps[12]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Eiger Glacier include Eigergletscher railway station[13], a railway station[14], in Switzerland[15].

Why It Matters

Eiger Glacier has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for it include Eigergletscher railway station[13], a railway station[14], in Switzerland[15].

Related Entities

Alps Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1207126721
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'ja', 'ko', 'nn', 'pl']
    Official name → {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Eigergletscher'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||mul */ default label, official name from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
  2. 10w ago · Kordishal · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Postal code → 3823
    Mountain range → Alps
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Lauterbrunnen, Canton of Berne
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: Ortschaft"
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