Calderone Glacier
| Calderone Glacier | ||
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 Calderone Glacier in 2007 |
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| location | Teramo Province , Italy | |
| Mountains | Gran Sasso massif , Abruzzo | |
| Type | Kar glacier | |
| length | 0.3 km (upper and lower part) | |
| surface | 0.355 km² | |
| Exposure | North northeast | |
| Altitude range | 2830 m - 2650 m | |
| Ice thickness | Max. 25 m | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 28 '13 " N , 13 ° 33' 56" E | |
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| drainage | Fosso Gravone → Mavone → Vomano | |
| particularities | One of the southernmost ice fields in Europe | |
The Calderone Glacier ( Italian Ghiacciaio del Calderone ) is located in the Gran Sasso massif in Abruzzo in Italy . It lies below the Corno Grande , the highest point in the Apennines , at the head of the Vallone delle Cornacchie .
In 2000 the glacier split into two parts, the upper part no longer has any direct connection with the lower.
After the disappearance of the Corral de la Veleta glacier in the Spanish Sierra Nevada , together with the ice fields of the Jezerca in Albania, it is one of the southernmost glaciers in Europe . If the decline continues over the next few years, the Calderone Glacier is expected to disappear.
The following table shows the development of the area and the volume of the glacier in the past.
| year | Area (m²) | Volume (m³) |
|---|---|---|
| 1794 | 104.257 | 4,332,207 |
| 1884 | 90,886 | 3,382,166 |
| 1916 | 63,335 | 3,386,485 |
| 1934 | 59,713 | 2,461,529 |
| 1960 | 60.030 | 1,729,934 |
| 1990 | 52,586 | 360.931 |
| 2005 | 32,900 | - |
| 2006 | 32,700 | - |
| 2007-2008 | 35,545 | - |
Since the ice thickness of the glacier has responded strongly to climatic fluctuations in recent years, a reliable value for the volume cannot be easily determined.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Alessandro Di Paola: The Calderone Glacier (2007)
- ^ World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS): Fluctuations of Glaciers 2005–2010 (Vol. X). Zurich 2012 ( online ( memento of the original from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note .; PDF; 5.0 MB )
- ↑ A. Fiucci et al .: The Calderone Glacier (Gran Sasso d'Italia). Determination of Ice Thickness and Bedrock Morphology by means of radio-echo sounding. In: Geografia Fisica Dinamica del Quaternario. Volume 20, 1997, pages 305–308 ( online ; PDF; 518 kB)
- ↑ M. Pecci et al .: Ghiacciaio del Calderone (Apennines, Italy): the mass balance of a shrinking mediterranean glacier. In: Geografia Fisica Dinamica del Quaternario. Volume 31, 2008, pages 55-62 ( online ; PDF; 850 kB)
