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.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacier ⓘ
valley glacier ⓘ
accessibleFrom Franz-Josefs-Höhe viewpoint ⓘ
linked to: Franz-Josefs-Höhe
area approximately 18.5 square kilometres ⓘ
averageAnnualRetreatRate several metres per year ⓘ
climateZone alpine climate ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Austria ⓘ
drainageBasin Danube basin ⓘ
Drava basin ⓘ
linked to: Drava
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 Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe ⓘ
linked to: Franz-Josefs-Höhe
hasRetreatExposing bedrock ⓘ
new proglacial lake ⓘ
hasScientificMonitoring yes ⓘ
isLargestGlacierIn Austria ⓘ
length approximately 8.4 km ⓘ
locatedIn Carinthia ⓘ
High Tauern ⓘ
linked to: Hohe Tauern

Salzburg ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Hohe Tauern National Park ⓘ
locatedOnEasternSlopeOf Grossglockner ⓘ
mountainRange Alps ⓘ
High Tauern ⓘ
linked to: Hohe 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 ⓘ
Franz-Josefs-Höhe → overlooks → Pasterze Glacier ⓘ
Franz-Josefs-Höhe → hasGlacierView → Pasterze Glacier ⓘ
Grossglockner region → contains → Pasterze Glacier ⓘ
Fuscherkarkopf → hasSummitViewOf → Pasterze Glacier ⓘ
Eiskögele → hasGlacier → Pasterzenkees (nearby glacier system) ⓘ
linked to: Pasterze Glacier
Glocknerkees → near → Pasterze Glacier ⓘ
Erzherzog Johann Hütte → hasViewOf → Pasterze Glacier ⓘ
Glocknerkees glacier → near → Pasterze Glacier ⓘ
Johannisberg → hasViewOf → Pasterze Glacier ⓘ
Johannisberg → separates → Pasterze Glacier from southern glacier basins in the Glockner Group ⓘ
linked to: Pasterze Glacier
Grossglockner Pass → hasViewOf → Pasterze Glacier ⓘ