Lodowczyk Mięguszowiecki
| Lodowczyk Mięguszowiecki | ||
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 Lodowczyk Mięguszowiecki from the Bergsee Meerauge |
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| location | Lesser Poland Voivodeship , Poland | |
| Mountains | Tatras , High Tatras | |
| length | 0.14 km | |
| surface | 0.64 ha | |
| Altitude range | 2035 m npm - 1973 m npm | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 11 '7 " N , 20 ° 3' 56" E | |
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| drainage | Czarny Staw pod Rysami , Vistula | |
The Lodowczyk Mięguszowiecki is the remainder of the largest glacier in the High Tatras, which filled the entire valley of the Dolina Białki during the Ice Ages . At the same time it is the largest glacier in Poland and the High Tatras.
geography
The Lodowczyk Mięguszowiecki is located in the Ice Age hanging valley Bańdzioch south of the Dolina Rybiego Potoku mountain valley, which is in turn a side valley of the Dolina Białki valley , in the Polish High Tatras in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship . It is located north below the summit of the Mięguszowieckie Szczyty massif , specifically the Mięguszowiecki Szczyt Czarny , the Mięguszowiecki Szczyt and the intermediate mountain pass Mięguszowiecka Przełęcz pod Chłopkiem about 500 meters above the Meerauge mountain lake .
The glacier ice is around 150 years old. The glacier is about 136 meters wide and 94 meters long. In the ice there is a crevasse with a length varying from 64 to 94 meters. The ice moves at a speed of about 0.6-0.8 meters / year. Measurements from 1958–1999 have shown that the ice surface is neither increasing nor decreasing.
etymology
The name Lodowczyk Mięguszowiecki can be translated as Little Mięguszowiecki Glacier .
tourism
In the basin there is a green hiking trail from the mountain lake Czarny Staw pod Rysami to the mountain pass Mięguszowiecka Przełęcz pod Chłopkiem , from which the Lodowczyk Mięguszowiecki can be seen.
literature
- Zofia Radwańska-Paryska, Witold Henryk Paryski: Wielka encyklopedia tatrzańska . Poronin, Wyd. Górskie, 2004, ISBN 83-7104-009-1 .
- Tatry Wysokie słowackie i polskie. Mapa turystyczna 1: 25.000, Warszawa, 2005/06, Polkart, ISBN 83-87873-26-8 .
