Gurgler also
| Gurgler also | ||
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 Upper part of Gurgler Ferners from Ramolhaus , in the back left the Hohe Wilde |
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| location | Tyrol ( Austria ), South Tyrol ( Italy ) | |
| Mountains | Ötztal Alps | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 8 kilometers | |
| surface | 9.58 km² (1999) | |
| Exposure | Northwest nutrient area; Consumption area north | |
| Altitude range | 3420 m - 2270 m | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 47 '49 " N , 10 ° 58' 44" E | |
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| drainage | Gurgler Ache → Ötztaler Ache → Inn | |
The Gurgler Ferner is a glacier in the Ötztal Alps . With an area of 9.58 km², it is now only the third largest glacier in the Austrian state of Tyrol behind the Gepatsch and Mittelbergferner , after the latter has been less affected by the glacier retreat in recent years . Due to the demarcation, which in this area is not always based on the ice or watershed , smaller parts of the glacier are also located on Italian territory and are protected in the South Tyrolean Texel Group Nature Park .
Position and shape
The Gurgler Ferner is a typical valley glacier and flows from the Gurgler Kamm , which is part of the main Alpine ridge , about eight kilometers north into the Gurgler Tal . The Gurgler Ferner is embedded between the Ramolkamm with the Schalfkogel in the west and the Schwärzenkamm in the east. On the orographic right bank of the glacier is the Hochwildehaus .
history
In addition to the even more notorious Vernagtferner , the Gurgler Ferner in the Ötztal was also feared for its glacial lake eruptions. When the ice of the glacier reached as far as the Langtalereck , the outflows of the Langtaler Ferners further to the east built up , and the Gurgler Eissee , also known as Gurgler Lacke , formed up to 4 km² in size . In the years 1717 and 1770 its emptying devastated the Gurgler Valley and the Ötztal.
In 1931 Gurgler Ferner made headlines when the Swiss scholar Auguste Piccard and his assistant landed on the Gurgler Ferner after setting a balloon altitude record on May 27th .
Request to the stone table
Gurgler Eissee in 1770
Literature and maps
- Alpine club card sheet 30/1 Ötztal Alps, Gurgl , 1: 25,000, ISBN 3-928777-38-6
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 b Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government, Regional Planning Statistics Department (Ed.): Statistisches Handbuch Bundesland Tirol 2009. Page 29 ( online )
- ^ University of Graz; Natural hazards in Carinthia, Tyrol, South Tyrol and Graubünden ( Memento from May 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Entry on Gurgler Ferner in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
