Schwarzberg Glacier

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Schwarzberg Glacier
Schwarzberg glacier from the east, on the right the Strahlhorn

Schwarzberg glacier from the east, on the right the Strahlhorn

location Canton of Valais , Switzerland
Mountains Valais Alps , Mischabel
Type Mountain glacier
length 3.66 km (2010)
surface 5.33 km² (2004)
Exposure Northeast
Altitude range 3650  m above sea level M.  -  2660  m above sea level M. (2005)
Ice volume 0.4 ± 0.1 km³ (2004)
Coordinates 638 188  /  95719 coordinates: 46 ° 0 '43 "  N , 7 ° 55' 54"  O ; CH1903:  638,188  /  95719
Schwarzberg Glacier (Canton of Valais)
Schwarzberg Glacier
drainage Schwarzbergbach, Mattmarksee , Saaser Vispa , Rhone
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The Schwarzberg Glacier is a mountain glacier in the canton of Valais and is located in the Valais Alps in the rear Saas Valley east of Lake Mattmark . In September 2010 the length was determined to be 3.66 km. The measurement of the area in 2004 resulted in 5.33 km². The exposure of the glacier is northeast.

The Schwarzberg Glacier has its origin on the north side of the Roffelhörner (up to 3517 m above sea level) and the Steinkalkhorn (3333 m above sea level), over which the border between Italy and Switzerland runs. In its upper part, the glacier is very wide at over two kilometers. It initially flows north, flanked by the Strahlhorn in the west and the Grünberghorn (3,074 m above sea level) in the east, and becomes increasingly narrow. In the tongue area, which in 2007 at 2657 m above sea level. M. was above a steep rock face, it is only around 500 m wide. The meltwater flows into the Mattmark reservoir and later with the Saaser Vispa to the Rhone . The Schwarzberg Glacier is connected to the Findel Glacier to the west via the firn-covered pass Schwarzberg Weisstor (3570 m above sea level) . To the east it is connected to the Seewjinen Glacier , a 1.5 km² firn field on the northern slope of the Rothorn (3230 m above sea level) west of the Monte Moro pass .

At its peak during the Little Ice Age around the middle of the 19th century, the Schwarzberg Glacier reached down into the valley at what is now the Mattmarksee.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Research Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW) of the ETH Zurich (Ed.): Schwarzberggletscher. In: Swiss Glacier Measurement Network. ( ethz.ch , also as PDF , accessed on November 30, 2012).
  2. ↑ a b c 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. ↑ a b WGMS: Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich 2013 ( DOI: 10.5904 / wgms-fog-2013-11 ), accessed on December 11, 2013
  4. ^ A b c World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS): Fluctuations of Glaciers 2000–2005 (Vol. VIII). Zurich 2008 ( online ( memento of the original from 23 September 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note .; PDF; 820 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geo.uzh.ch
  5. ↑ swisstopo.ch: Swisstopo geodata viewer, as of November 2012
  6. ↑ Expert commission for cryosphere measuring networks (EKK) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT): The Swiss Glaciers 2005/2006 and 2006/2007. Glaciological Report No. 127/128. 2011 ( online ; PDF; 5.5 MB)
  7. ^ Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 3: Krailigen - Plentsch . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1905, p. 317, keyword Mattmark   ( scan of the lexicon page ).

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