Boiler wall remover
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 Icefall of the Kesselwandferner from Deloretteweg, the ascent path to the Brandenburger Haus (2005) |
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| location | Tyrol , Austria | |
| Mountains | Ötztal Alps | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 3.77 km (2011) | |
| surface | 3.68 km² (2012) | |
| Exposure | Nutrient area: southeast; Consumption area: East | |
| Altitude range | 3490 m - 2698 m (1991) | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 50 '41 " N , 10 ° 47' 22" E | |
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| drainage | Kesselwandbach → Hintereisbach → Rofenache → Venter Ache → Ötztaler Ache → Inn | |
The Kesselwandferner is a glacier in the Ötztal Alps in Tyrol and extends over an area of approx. 3.66 km², the length is approx. 3.8 kilometers (as of 2010). Contrary to the general tendency of glacier melting , there was an advance in the years after 1971, i.e. an increase in size of the glacier. However, from around 1987 it melted again.
Position and shape
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The Kesselwandferner is located a little north of the main Alpine ridge above the Rofental , an extension of the Venter Valley , which in turn is a side valley of the Ötztal . The highest point of the glacier is at the 3497 m high Fluchtkogel , the end of the tongue was in 2010 at approx. 2700 m. The Kesselwandjoch, which is completely covered by ice, forms the boundary between the Kesselwandferner and the Gepatschferner and thus forms a glacier divide . The Kesselwandferner is an alpine valley glacier .
Literature and maps
- Alpine club map sheet 30/2, 1: 25,000, Ötztal Alps, Weißkugel, ISBN 3-928777-39-4
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c WGMS: Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich 2014 ( DOI: 10.5904 / wgms-fog-2014-09 ), accessed on September 19, 2014