Ducan Glacier

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Ducan Glacier
Ducan Glacier, taken from the Jakobshorn.

Ducan Glacier, taken from the Jakobshorn.

height 3020  m above sea level M.
location Canton of Graubünden , Switzerland
Mountains Albula Alps
Coordinates 782 966  /  172080 coordinates: 46 ° 40 '29 "  N , 9 ° 49' 49"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and eighty-two thousand nine hundred sixty-six  /  172080
Ducan Glacier (Canton of Graubünden)
Ducan Glacier
Age of the rock 205 million years

The Ducan Glacier ( Grisons Romanesque Ducan Dador ) is 3020  m above sea level. M. high mountain in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . To the north-east there are Chlein Ducan ( 3004  m , Romanesque Ducan Pitschen ), Hoch Ducan ( 3063  m , Romanesque Piz Ducan ), Plattenflue ( 3013  m ) and Mittagshorn ( 2735  m ). The Ducan Glacier is part of the Ducan chain, which consists mainly of rocks from the Triassic . The border between the Davos and Bergün Filisur communities runs on the Ducan Glacier .

Ducan glacier

The Ducan Glacier is a small glacier on the northern slope of the Ducan Glacier. The highest point of Ducangletschers is at 3012  m , the lowest is at 2690  m . It is about 1 km long and 1 km wide. The glacier descends to the Ducantal.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ducan (glacier). in the Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland, accessed on August 31, 2012.
  2. Ducan chain. in the Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland, accessed on August 31, 2012.
  3. Ducan Glacier. in the Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland, accessed on August 31, 2012.