Ossoue Glacier

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Ossoue Glacier is a prominent high-altitude glacier in the central Pyrenees, lying on the northern slopes of the Vignemale massif in France.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ossoue Glacier canonical 3
Ossoue glacier 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacier ⓘ
valley glacier ⓘ
ablationSeason summer ⓘ
accessTrailhead Vallée d’Ossoue ⓘ
approximateCoordinates 42.46°N 0.14°W ⓘ
area approximately 0.5 km² ⓘ
climateZone alpine climate ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
countrySubdivision Hautes-Pyrénées ⓘ
Occitanie ⓘ
drainageBasin Gave de Pau ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 2700–3200 m ⓘ
feeds Ossoue valley ⓘ
geologicalContext Pyrenean orogeny ⓘ
hasPhotographicViewOf Vignemale north face ⓘ
linked to: Vignemale
hazard crevasse falls ⓘ
icefall ⓘ
highestPointElevation approximately 3200 m ⓘ
languageOfToponym French ⓘ
length approximately 2.5 km ⓘ
liesOnNorthernSlopeOf Vignemale massif ⓘ
locatedIn Hautes-Pyrénées department ⓘ
linked to: Hautes-Pyrénées

Occitanie region ⓘ
linked to: Occitanie

Pyrenees ⓘ
lowestPointElevation approximately 2700 m ⓘ
massif Vignemale massif ⓘ
mountainRange Pyrenees ⓘ
municipality Gavarnie-Gèdre ⓘ
linked to: Vallée de Gavarnie
nearestMajorPeak Vignemale ⓘ
nearProtectedArea Pyrenees National Park ⓘ
notableFor being one of the largest glaciers in the French Pyrenees ⓘ
rapid shrinkage since the late 20th century ⓘ
orientation north-facing ⓘ
partOf central Pyrenees ⓘ
primaryComposition ice ⓘ
researchSubject glacier retreat in the Pyrenees ⓘ
riverSourceOf Gave de Ossoue ⓘ
snowAccumulationSeason winter ⓘ
status retreating ⓘ
surfaceFeature crevasses ⓘ
seracs ⓘ
tourismType mountain tourism ⓘ
usedFor glacier hiking ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Vignemale massif → contains → Ossoue Glacier ⓘ
Pique Longue → hasGlacier → Ossoue Glacier ⓘ
Cerbillona → isLocatedNear → Ossoue glacier ⓘ
linked to: Ossoue Glacier
Clot de la Hount → hasViewOf → Ossoue Glacier ⓘ