Ghiacciaio del Miage

E144604

Ghiacciaio del Miage is a large valley glacier in the Italian Alps on the southern side of Mont Blanc, known for its extensive debris-covered surface.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Glacier de Miage 2
Ghiacciaio del Miage canonical 1
fr:Glacier de Miage 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacier
valley glacier
belongsToMountainRange Alps
continent Europe
country Italy
drainageBasin Dora Baltea basin
flowsInto Dora di Veny
glacierType debris-covered glacier
hasAccessPoint Val Veny
hasClimateZone alpine climate
hasDebrisOrigin lateral moraines
rockfalls from surrounding slopes
hasGeomorphologicalFeature extensive debris cover on ablation zone
ice-cored moraines
supraglacial ponds
hasHydrologicalRole source of meltwater for local streams
hasLanguageName Ghiacciaio del Miage self-linksurface differs
surface form: fr:Glacier de Miage

Ghiacciaio del Miage self-linksurface differs
surface form: it:Ghiacciaio del Miage
hasMoraineType lateral moraine
terminal moraine
hasNearbyFeature Mont Blanc
Val Veny
hasNearbySettlement Courmayeur
hasNotableFeature extensive supraglacial debris
hasOrientation generally south-facing
hasScientificInterest glacier dynamics under debris cover
mass balance studies
hasSurfaceCharacteristic debris-covered
hasSurfaceMaterial ice beneath debris
rock debris
isAffectedBy global warming
isExampleOf strongly debris-mantled glacier
isMonitoredFor climate change impacts
isRetreating true
isSubjectOf glaciological field campaigns
isTouristAttraction true
locatedIn Aosta Valley
Alps
surface form: Italian Alps
locatedOnSouthernSideOf Mont Blanc
near Courmayeur
partOf Mont Blanc massif
region northwestern Italy
usedFor alpine tourism
glaciological research
hiking

Referenced by (5)

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

Miage Glacier hasNameInItalian Ghiacciaio del Miage
Miage Glacier hasNameInFrench Ghiacciaio del Miage
this entity surface form: Glacier de Miage
Mont-Blanc glacial system hasPart Ghiacciaio del Miage
this entity surface form: Glacier de Miage
Ghiacciaio del Miage hasLanguageName Ghiacciaio del Miage self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: it:Ghiacciaio del Miage
Ghiacciaio del Miage hasLanguageName Ghiacciaio del Miage self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: fr:Glacier de Miage