Sulzenauferner
| Sulzenauferner | ||
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 Sulzenauferner from the north, from the Großer Trögler (2007) |
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| location | Tyrol , Austria | |
| Mountains | Stubai Alps | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 3.5 km (2011) | |
| surface | 4.47 km² (1997) | |
| Exposure | North | |
| Altitude range | 3501 m above sea level A. - 2468 m above sea level A. (1997) | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 58 '39 " N , 11 ° 9' 17" E | |
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| drainage | Sulauberach → Ruetz → Sill → Inn | |
The Sulzenauferner is one of the largest glaciers in the Stubai Alps . It lies in the area of the highest mountain in this mountain range, the Zuckerhütl, at 3,507 m . Its impressive and distinctive wave-shaped icefall is famous . The glacier is visible from large parts of the Stubai Valley and gives the entire valley its alpine character. Since the last high level of the glaciers around 1850, it has already dramatically lost its length and thickness, and this development has intensified in recent years in particular. In 2013, the connection between the ice waterfall and the glacier tongue finally melted over a rock edge. In the tongue area, the Sulzenauferner merged with the Fernerstube , a glacier that flows down from the west side of the Wilder Liberer , until the beginning of the 21st century .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c WGMS: Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich 2012 ( DOI: 10.5904 / wgms-fog-2012-11 ), accessed on February 7, 2013
- ↑ M. Mergili: Compilation of the changes in length of the Austrian glaciers 1970–2011. ( online ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2016 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. ). Based on: Austrian Alpine Association: Glacier Reports. Collective reports on glacier measurements by the Austrian Alpine Association from 1971 to 2013. Compiled by H. Kinzl, G. Patzelt, A. Fischer. In: Messages from the Austrian Alpine Club / Uphill. Volume 27-67. Retrieved April 30, 2013
