Key facts
- Type
- Mountain glacier
- Location
- Grossglockner , Austria
- Coordinates
- 47°5′8″N 12°43′24″E / 47.08556°N 12.72333°E / 47.08556; 12.72333
- Area
- 18.5 km (7.1 mi ) (2006)
- Length
- 8.3 km (5.2 mi) (2006)
- Thickness
- about 120 m (400 ft)
- Highest elevation
- 3,453 m (11,329 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 2,100 m (6,900 ft)
- Terminus
- Talus
- Status
- Retreating
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Pasterze, at approximately 8.4 kilometres (5.2 mi) in length, is the longest glacier in Austria and in the Eastern Alps. It lies within the Glockner Group of the High Tauern mountain range in Carinthia, directly beneath Austria's highest mountain, the Grossglockner.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pasterze Glacier” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.