Hohlicht glacier

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Hohlicht glacier
Hohichtgletscher from the east in the center of the picture, behind it Zinalrothorn, to the left Dent Blanche and Obergabelhorn

Hohichtgletscher from the east in the center of the picture, behind it Zinalrothorn , to the left Dent Blanche and Obergabelhorn

location Canton of Valais , Switzerland
Mountains Valais Alps , Weisshorn Group
Type Valley glacier
length 4.5 km (1973)
surface 5.86 km² (1995)
Exposure east
Altitude range 3940  m above sea level M.  -  2290  m above sea level M. (1973)
Tilt ⌀ 23.2 ° (43%)
width ⌀ 0.5 km (1973)
Ice volume 0.24 ± 0.06 km³ (1995)
Coordinates 621 616  /  101647 coordinates: 46 ° 3 '58 "  N , 7 ° 43' 5"  O ; CH1903:  621616  /  101647
Hohlicht Glacier (Canton of Valais)
Hohlicht glacier
drainage Schallibach, Matter Vispa , Vispa , Rhone
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The Hohlichtgletscher is a valley glacier in the Valais Alps , in the canton of Valais , Switzerland . It is located on the east side of the Zinalrothorn ( 4221  m above sea level ), northwest of Zermatt . In 1973 a length of 4.5 km and an average width of 500 m was determined. In 1995 it covered an area of ​​almost 6 km² including the tributary glaciers .

The Hohlicht glacier takes its starting point in the Karmulde on the eastern flank of the Zinalrothorn . The glacier flows to the east, flanked by the Upper Äschhorn ( 3669  m above sea level ) in the south and by the Schalihorn ( 3975  m above sea level ) in the north. From the southern flank of the Schalihorn, a large field of firn joins the Hohlicht glacier. The glacier receives more ice from the extensive firn field on the northwest slope of the Mettelhorn ( 3406  m above sea level ). The glacier tongue, which is largely covered by bed load, is currently running out relatively flat at one height. The meltwater flows off over the Schalibach , which flows into the Matter Vispa between Täsch and Randa .

At its peak during the Little Ice Age around the middle of the 19th century, the Hohlicht glacier reached around 500 m further down the valley. At times it was also connected to the Schaligletscher , a glacier on the southern flank of the Weisshorn .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c 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 ( online )

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