Valsorey Glacier
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 Mont Vélan , on the left the Valsorey glacier, on the right the Tseudet glacier |
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| location | Canton of Valais , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Valais Alps | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 3.4 km (2011) | |
| surface | 2.34 km² (1975) | |
| Exposure | Northeast Nutrient Area; Consumption area northwest | |
| Altitude range | 3730 m above sea level M. - 2399 m above sea level M. (2005) | |
| Tilt | ⌀ 18 ° (32%) | |
| width | ⌀ 0.3 km | |
| Coordinates | 586 678 / 83725 | |
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| drainage | Torrent de Valsorey, Valsorey, Dranse d'Entremont , Dranse , Rhone | |
The Valsorey Glacier (French Glacier de Valsorey ) is a valley glacier in the southwestern Valais Alps , in the canton of Valais in Switzerland . It is approximately 3.4 km long with an average width of 300 m and covers an area of approximately 2.3 km².
The Valsorey Glacier has its origin on the firn-covered summit of Mont Vélan in the southwest of the Grand Combin massif at around 3700 m . The glacier first flows in an arc to the northeast, then to the north, and later to the northwest. In the east it is flanked by a ridge with numerous rock peaks (up to 3400 m ), over which the border between Italy and Switzerland runs ; the western boundary is the Mont de la Gouille ( 3212 m ). The glacier tongue is currently at an altitude of around 2400 m . This is where the Valsorey brook rises and flows into the Dranse d'Entremont .
At its peak during the Little Ice Age , the Valsorey Glacier extended more than 1 km further down the valley, receiving additional ice from another glacier on the northern slope of Mont Vélan, the Tseudet Glacier ( Glacier de Tseudet in French , 2.3 km long).
Web links
- Valsorey Glacier on the ETHorama platform
- Map section at map.geo.admin.ch
Individual evidence
- ^ Research institute for hydraulic engineering, hydrology and glaciology (VAW) of the ETH Zurich (ed.): Valsoreygletscher. In: Swiss Glacier Measurement Network. ( ethz.ch , also as PDF , accessed on March 6, 2014).
- ↑ 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
- ^ Research institute for hydraulic engineering, hydrology and glaciology (VAW) of the ETH Zurich : Valsorey glacier. In: Glacier Natural Hazards. ( ethz.ch ( page no longer available ), also as a PDF ( page no longer available )).
- ↑ a b National Snow and Ice Data Center: World Glacier Inventory. Boulder (Colorado, USA) 1999, updated 2012, doi : 10.7265 / N5 / NSIDC-WGI-2012-02