Pasterze Glacier

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Pasterze Glacier is the largest glacier in Austria, located on the eastern slope of the Grossglockner in the High Tauern range.

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Pasterze Glacier canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf glacier
valley glacier
accessibleFrom Franz-Josefs-Höhe
surface form: Franz-Josefs-Höhe viewpoint
area approximately 18.5 square kilometres
averageAnnualRetreatRate several metres per year
climateZone alpine climate
continent Europe
country Austria
drainageBasin Black Sea drainage basin
surface form: Danube basin

Drava
surface form: Drava basin
elevationMax about 3,400 metres above sea level
elevationMin about 2,100 metres above sea level
feedsRiver Möll River
glacierCode WGMS glacier ID in Austria (Pasterze)
glacierStatus retreating
hasCableCarConnectionTo Franz-Josefs-Höhe
hasFeature crevasses
icefall
moraines
hasPhotographicViewpoint Franz-Josefs-Höhe
surface form: Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe
hasRetreatExposing bedrock
new proglacial lake
hasScientificMonitoring yes
isLargestGlacierIn Austria
length approximately 8.4 km
locatedIn Carinthia
Hohe Tauern
surface form: High Tauern

Salzburg
locatedInProtectedArea Hohe Tauern National Park
locatedOnEasternSlopeOf Grossglockner
mountainRange Alps
Hohe Tauern
surface form: High Tauern
namedAfter German word "Pasterze" meaning pasture
nearPass Grossglockner High Alpine Road
nearSettlement Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße
Heiligenblut
notableFor being below Austria’s highest peak Grossglockner
rapid retreat in recent decades
partOf Hohe Tauern National Park
region Central Eastern Alps
retreatCausedBy climate change
retreatObservedSince 19th century
surfaceType ice
terminusType proglacial lake
tourismAttraction yes
usedFor glaciological research
guided glacier tours
mountaineering

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grossglockner hasGlacier Pasterze Glacier
Glockner Group contains Pasterze Glacier
Heiligenblut locatedNear Pasterze Glacier
Hohe Tauern National Park contains Pasterze Glacier
Hohe Tauern hasGlacier Pasterze Glacier