Mellich glacier
| Mellich glacier | ||
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 Rimpfischhorn and the uppermost part of the Mellich Glacier |
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| location | Canton of Valais , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Valais Alps , Mischabel group | |
| Type | Mountain glacier | |
| length | 3.4 km (1973) | |
| surface | 5.32 km² (1973) | |
| Exposure | northwest | |
| Altitude range | 4160 m above sea level M. - 2920 m above sea level M. (1973) | |
| Tilt | ⌀ 16.2 ° (29%) | |
| Coordinates | 633 549 / 98699 | |
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| drainage | Mellichbach, Täschbach, Matter Vispa , Vispa , Rhone | |
The Mellich Glacier is a mountain glacier east of Zermatt in the Valais Alps , in the canton of Valais , Switzerland . In 1973 a length of 3.4 km was determined, the area was 5.32 km².
The Mellich Glacier has its origin at an altitude of over 4000 m west of the glaciated mountain ridge between the Rimpfischhorn in the south and the Allalinhorn in the north. At the firn-covered Allalinpass (3564 m) it is connected to the Allalin glacier . The Mellich Glacier slopes towards the west with an even gradient of about 20 to 25% and ends with two tongue lobes, separated from each other by a rock ridge, at an altitude of about 3000 m. The melt water is led from Mellichbach and Täschbach to the Matter Vispa .
At its peak during the Little Ice Age around the middle of the 19th century, the Mellich Glacier, together with the Längfluh Glacier to the south, formed an extensive ice surface on the western flank of the Rimpfischhorn and extended a kilometer further down the valley.
Web links
- Mellich Glacier on the ETHorama platform
- Map section at map.geo.admin.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d National Snow and Ice Data Center: World Glacier Inventory. Boulder (Colorado, USA) 1999, updated 2012, doi : 10.7265 / N5 / NSIDC-WGI-2012-02
- ↑ 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 )