Mullwitzkees - Austria

Basic Information
Site Name
Mullwitzkees
Short name
Mullwitzkees
Country
Austria
Web Address
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/igf/forschung/mensch-umwelt-beziehung-hochgebirge/gletsc…
Site Manager
Andrea Fischer
Operating Organisation
Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Site Description
The Mullwitzkees is located in the Venediger Group in the core zone of the National Park Hohe Tauern. The upper part of the glacier (outer Mullwitzkees) is oriented to the south.The lower part of the glacier, especially the tongue, is oriented to West-South-West.
Last modified
2022-08-08 02:08:24

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2006
Observed properties
Photos
Picture: Martin Stocker-Waldhuber

Picture: Martin Stocker-Waldhuber

Geographic
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Elevation (average)
3025.00msl
Elevation (min)
2690.00msl
Elevation (max)
3400.00msl
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)✖ (578)The affiliation of this site with "World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
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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)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) » Snow or ice-dominated habitats (H4)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
2.54°C
Precipitation Annual
1240.00mm
Landforms
Mountain
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category II – National Park
Land Use
other uses
other uses » not known use
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
No
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
30
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Extensive