The Gauli Glacier () is a long glacier (2005) in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. In 1973, it had an area of . The glacier is famous for the 1946 C-53 Skytrooper crash on the Gauli Glacier and the following rescue mission, which was the first carried out by an aircraft (Fieseler Storch) landing on a glacier.
A lake is located at the bottom of the glacier, at a height of 2,146 metres above sea level.Height retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps Its surface area is 0.28 km2Area retrieved from Google Earth (July 2013)
See also List of glaciers in Switzerland List of glaciers Retreat of glaciers since 1850 Swiss Alps
References
External links Swiss glacier monitoring network