Ochsental Glacier
| Ochsental Glacier | ||
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 Ochsentaler Glacier from the North (2009) |
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| location | Vorarlberg ( Austria ) | |
| Mountains | Silvretta | |
| Type | Mountain glacier | |
| length | 2.8 km (1975) | |
| surface | 2.61 km² (1995) | |
| Exposure | North | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 51 '4 " N , 10 ° 6' 22" E | |
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| drainage | Ill → Rhine | |
The Ochsentaler Glacier is a glacier at the northern foot of the Great and Small Piz Buin (in German: "Ochsenspitze"), the highest mountain in Vorarlberg . From the Bielerhöhe you can already see it from the end of the Silvretta lake in the ox valley of the same name .
The Wiesbadener Hut is now far from its glacier tongue . It is bounded to the east by the Wiesbadner Grätle and to the west by the Signalhorn . In the meantime, it has melted a lot and is still used as the traditional way to climb Piz Buin, although it should only be walked safely because of its many crevices.
The Ochsental Glacier is considered to be the origin of the Ill .
Web links
Commons : Ochsentaler Gletscher - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b WGMS: Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich 2012 ( DOI: 10.5904 / wgms-fog-2012-11 ), accessed on February 7, 2013