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Betten is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. (...)

Grengiols is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. (...)

Aletsch Glacier, the largest glacier in the Alps, covers more than 120 square kilometres (more than 45 square miles) in southern Switzerland. It descends round the south of the Jungfrau into the valley of the Upper Rhône; at its eastern extremity lies a glacier lake, Lake Märjelen (Gr. Märjelensee) (2,350 meters/7,711 feet). To the west rises Aletschhorn (4,195 meters/13,763 feet) (...)