Tsijiore Nouve Glacier
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 Pigne d'Arolla and Glacier de Tsijiore Nouve (center) from the north |
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| location | Canton of Valais , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Valais Alps | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 4.7 km (2011) | |
| surface | 2.5 km² | |
| Exposure | North nutrient area; Consumption area northeast | |
| Altitude range | 3800 m above sea level M. - 2205 m above sea level M. (1983) | |
| Tilt | ⌀ 35 ° (70%) | |
| width | ⌀ 0.3 km | |
| Coordinates | 600802 / 93716 | |
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| drainage | Borgne d'Arolla , Borgne , Rhone | |
The Tsijiore Nouve Glacier (French Glacier de Tsijiore Nouve , also Glacier de Tsidjiore Nouve ) is a valley glacier in the rear Val d'Arolla , in the Valais Alps , in the south of the canton of Valais . It has a length of 4.7 km and an average width of only around 300 m and covers an area of around 2.5 km².
The Tsijiore-Nouve Glacier takes its starting point on the ridge between the serpentine and the Pigne d'Arolla at an altitude of about 3800 m . In its upper area there are connections to three neighboring glaciers via firn-covered passes: via the Col du Brenay ( 3639 m ) to the Brenay glacier , via the Col de la Serpentine ( 3547 m ) to the Serpentine glacier , and via an ice-covered ridge to the Cheilon glacier . The Tsijiore-Nouve Glacier initially in a northerly direction, later to the northeast, flanked by the rocky peaks of the Pointes de Tsena Réfien (up to 3500 m ) in the west and the Louettes Econdoues in the east. The narrow glacier tongue is located at around 2200 m above the resort of Arolla . The meltwater flows over a glacial stream into the Borgne d'Arolla , which later joins the Borgne de Ferpècle and flows through the Val d'Hérens to the Rhone .
During the high stage of the Little Ice Age , the tongue of the Pièce Glacier ( Glacier de Pièce in French ) also touched the Tsijiore-Nouve Glacier. The Glacier de Piece is a small slope glacier 1.8 km long and about 2 km² on the northeast slope of the Pigne d'Arolla.
Web links
- Tsijiore Nouve Glacier on the ETHorama platform
- Map section at map.geo.admin.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Research Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW) of the ETH Zurich (ed.): Tsijiore-Nouve-Glacier. In: Swiss Glacier Measurement Network. ( ethz.ch , also as PDF , accessed on March 5, 2014).
- ↑ a b c Research Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW) of the ETH Zurich : Tsijiore-Nouve-Glacier. In: Glacier Natural Hazards. ( ethz.ch ( page no longer available ), also as a PDF ( page no longer available )).
- ↑ 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
- ^ A b c National Snow and Ice Data Center: World Glacier Inventory. Boulder (Colorado, USA) 1999, updated 2012, doi : 10.7265 / N5 / NSIDC-WGI-2012-02