Hohberg glacier

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Hohberg glacier
Northwest flank of the cathedral with the Hohberg glacier

Northwest flank of the cathedral with the Hohberg glacier

location Canton of Valais , Switzerland
Mountains Valais Alps , Mischabel group
Type Mountain glacier
length 4.6 km (1973)
surface 3.38 km² (1995)
Exposure Nutrient area northwest, consumption area west
Altitude range 4540  m above sea level M.  -  2560  m above sea level M. (1973)
Tilt ⌀ 25.1 ° (47%)
Ice volume 0.19 ± 0.05 km³ (1995)
Coordinates 632117  /  106140 coordinates: 46 ° 6 '22 "  N , 7 ° 51' 14"  O ; CH1903:  632117  /  106140
Hohberg Glacier (Canton of Valais)
Hohberg glacier
drainage Birchbach, Matter Vispa, Vispa , Rhone
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The Hohberggletscher (also Hohbärggletscher ) is a glacier on the west side of the Mischabel group in the Valais Alps , in the canton of Valais , Switzerland . It has a length of about 4 km and covers an area of ​​about 3.4 km².

The Hohberg glacier takes its starting point on the summit of the cathedral ( 4545  m above sea level ); it covers the entire north-west flank of the cathedral, which in places has a gradient of around 60%. In the hollow to the north, which is bordered by the cathedral, the Lenzspitze ( 4294  m above sea level ), the Nadelhorn and the Hohberghorn ( 4219  m above sea level ), the glacier turns to the west-northwest. Now it flows with a much lower incline towards the west, bounded by two mountain ridges, the Dirrugrat in the north and the Hohgwächte in the south. The glacier tongue is currently at an altitude of about 2800  m above sea level. M. directly above a rocky steep slope. This is where the Birchbach rises and flows into the Matter Vispa below Randa .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b National Snow and Ice Data Center: World Glacier Inventory. Boulder (Colorado, USA) 1999, updated 2012, doi : 10.7265 / N5 / NSIDC-WGI-2012-02
  2. ↑ a b 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).
  3. ↑ Andreas Linsbauer, Frank Paul, Wilfried Haeberli: Modeling glacier thickness distribution and bed topography over entire mountain ranges with GlabTop: Application of a fast and robust approach. In: Journal of Geophysical Research. , Volume 117, F03007, 2012, doi : 10.1029 / 2011JF002313

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