Findel Glacier
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 View from the Stockhorn Pass to the east on the Findel Glacier near the Eisscheide to the Gorner Glacier |
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| location | Canton of Valais , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Valais Alps , Mischabel | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 7.3 km (2011) | |
| surface | 13.08 km² (2010) | |
| Exposure | Nutrient area northwest, consumption area west | |
| Altitude range | 3911 m above sea level M. - 2550 m above sea level M. (2006) | |
| Tilt | ⌀ 10 ° (18%) | |
| Ice volume | 1.89 ± 0.47 km³ (1995) | |
| Coordinates | 631 261 / 95371 | |
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| drainage | Findelbach , Matter Vispa , Vispa , Rhone | |
The Findel Glacier (also called the Findeln Glacier and Findelen Glacier ) is a valley glacier in the Monte Rosa massif east of Zermatt , in the south of the canton of Valais . The glacier with a pronounced tongue was about 7.3 km long with an area of just over 13 km².
location
The west-exposed glacier extends from 3911 m above sea level. M. at about 2550 m above sea level. M. , its average incline is given as 18% (10 °). It is connected to the Schwarzberg glacier via the snow field of the Schwarzberg-Weisstore .
The Findel Glacier starts at the Cima di Jazzi ( 3,803 m above sea level ) in the Weissgrat , a continuously glaciated part of the border ridge between Italy and Switzerland . In the northern area of the nutrient area there is a part of the glacier that is not directly connected to the other ice masses, but which is included in the accumulation area of the Findel glacier and reaches a maximum height of about 3900 m . The glacier flows with a fairly even incline to the west along the southern foot of the Strahlhorn ( 4190 m above sea level ) and Rimpfischhorn ( 4199 m above sea level ), flanked to the south by the Stockhorn ( 3532 m above sea level ). The glacier feeds the Findelbach , which joins the Gornera and the Zmuttbach in the Zermatt basin to form the Matter Vispa and flows through the Mattertal to the Rhone . Nearby, a little to the northeast, is the Längfluegletscher.
retreat
Since the high stage of the Little Ice Age in the middle of the 19th century, the Findel Glacier has retreated by over 2.5 km. At that time the glacier tongue reached down to 2100 m and was below the tree line near the Alpweiler Findeln . The connection with the 3 km long Adlergletscher , a slope glacier between Rimpfischhorn and Strahlhorn, is also interrupted today.
Since the 1970s, interrupted by an advance in the 1980s, it has withdrawn more than half a kilometer.
Web links
- Map section at map.geo.admin.ch
- Interactive before and after comparison pictures of the Findel Glacier
- Findel Glacier on the ETHorama platform
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Research Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW) of the ETH Zurich (ed.): Findel Glacier. In: Swiss Glacier Measurement Network. ( ethz.ch , also as PDF , accessed on January 10, 2014).
- ↑ a b c WGMS: Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich 2013 ( DOI: 10.5904 / wgms-fog-2013-11 ), accessed on December 11, 2013
- ↑ a b Research Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW) of the ETH Zurich : Findel Glacier. In: Glacier Natural Hazards. ( ethz.ch ( page no longer available ), also as a PDF ( page no longer available ), accessed on November 16, 2012).
- ↑ Daniel Farinotti, Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Martin Funk: An estimate of the glacier ice volume in the Swiss Alps. In: Global and Planetary Change. 68: 225-231, 2009 ( online ; PDF; 756 kB).
- ↑ Längfluegletscher on ETHorama