Corral de la Veleta

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The Corral de la Veleta (also Corral del Veleta ) was the southernmost glacier in Europe until its disappearance in the middle of the 20th century and was located near the 3,396 m high Pico del Veleta , the second highest peak of the Sierra Nevada in southern Spain. Today the ground in the Corral de la Veleta area is still characterized by permafrost , but there is no permanent ice cover.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A. Gómez-Ortiz, M. Oliva, F. Salvador-Franch, M. Salvà-Catarineu, D. Palacios, JJ de Sanjosé-Blasco, LM Tanarro-García, J. Galindo-Zaldívar and C. Sanz de Galdeano: Degradation of buried ice and permafrost in the Veleta cirque (Sierra Nevada, Spain) from 2006 to 2013 as a response to recent climate trends , Solid Earth 2014, pages 979-993, here page 979
  2. ↑ IberiaNature. Aguide to the natural history of Spain: Veleta or Pico de Veleta. Retrieved February 4, 2017

Coordinates: 37 ° 3 ′ 36.7 "  N , 3 ° 21 ′ 59.6"  W.