Hallstätter Glacier - Austria

Basic Information
Site Name
Hallstätter Glacier
Short name
Hallstätter Glacier
Country
Austria
Web Address
https://dachsteingletscher.info/
Operating Organisation
Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research
Blue Sky Wetteranalysen
Site Manager
Andrea Fischer
Site Description
The Hallstätter Glacier is the largest glacier in the northern Limestone Alps. The Hallstätter Glacier is oriented to the northeast and is bordered by Rock walls. The Large plateau above 2550 m.a.s.l. is connected by three short tongues. The largest altitude zone in terms of area is between 2550 m and 2600m. The highest point of the glacier is at 2905 m, the lowest point is on 2240 m. With an area of 2.623 km² (glacier boundary 2020), the glacier lost half of its extent compared to the glacier peak in 1856. In the past 10years, the area has increased by around 13 %.
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2025-01-07 11:01:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2006
Observed properties
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Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)✖ (WGMSID:535)The affiliation of this site with "World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
LTER Austria✔This site is a verified "LTER Austria" member.
Photos
Hallstätter Glacier (© Klaus Reingruber)
Hallstätter Glacier (© Klaus Reingruber)
Geographic
5 km
3 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 47.481272 Longitude: 13.610601

Size
ca. 5993.00ha
Elevation (average)
2550.00msl
Elevation (min)
2240.00msl
Elevation (max)
2905.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Alpine
Ecosystem Type
Alpine
Biogeographical Region
Alpine Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
0.52°C
Precipitation Annual
2214.00mm
Landforms
Mountain
Protection Level (IUCN category)
not applicable
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
entire catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
cable car
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
30
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
Data Policy URL
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.806609
LTER Site Classification
Extensive