Simonykees
| Simonykees | ||
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 The Simonykees with the Gubach peaks (2009) |
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| location | Tyrol , Austria | |
| Mountains | Hohe Tauern | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 3.5 km | |
| surface | 1.99 km² (1998) | |
| Exposure | Southeast | |
| Altitude range | 3470 m above sea level A. - 2370 m above sea level A. | |
| Tilt | ⌀ 25.8 ° (48%) | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 3 '54 " N , 12 ° 16' 9" O | |
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| drainage | Simonybach → Maurerbach → Isel → Drau → Danube | |
The Simonykees is a glacier in the Venediger group of the Hohe Tauern in East Tyrol .
location
The Simonykees extends below the Simonyspitzen ( 3473 m and 3442 m above sea level ) and the Hinteren ( 3387 m above sea level ) and Vorderen Gubachspitze ( 3316 m above sea level ) at an altitude of around 3470 to 2370 m . The valley glacier flows from the main Alpine ridge around 5 km southeast into the Maurertal . The Umbalkees connects to the west, the Maurerkees to the northeast , and the Krimmler Kees to the north of the ridge on the Salzburg side . After the retreat of the glacier tongue, the Simonysee formed below the glacier . This drains over the Simonybach to the Maurerbach and further into the Isel . The Simonykees is entirely located in the Hohe Tauern National Park . Like the Simony peaks, it is named after Friedrich Simony .
Data
In 1998 the glacier had an area of 1.99 km². With an average incline of 25.8 °, it is one of the steepest glaciers in East Tyrol. In the transition area between the nutrient area and the glacier tongue at an altitude of around 2675 m , the Simonykees drops over several steep steps. Numerous crevasses form there .
decline
Like most glaciers in the Alps, the Simonykees has been affected by the melting of the glaciers since the mid-19th century . At the last high level of the glaciers at the end of the Little Ice Age around 1850, the Simonykees expanded into the area of today's Essen-Rostocker-Hütte at around 2200 m , where the terminal moraine is today . Since then, the glacier has been retreating, by 349 m in the years 1989/90 to 2010/11 alone. It is thus in the average of the East Tyrolean glaciers.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS): Fluctuations of Glaciers 2005–2010 (Vol. X). Zurich 2012, p. 119 ( PDF; 5 MB ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2014 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 notice. )
- ↑ a b c d e Hohe Tauern National Park: Simonykees glacier profile (PDF; 9.9 MB)
