Pasterze Glacier

The Pasterze, at approximately 8.4 kilometres in length, is the longest in and in the . It lies within the of the mountain range in , directly beneath Austria's highest mountain, the .
Wikipedia
Photo: Otberg, Public domain.
  • Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,682 metres
  • Description: glacier in Austria
  • Also known as: “Pasterze-Gletscher” and “Pasterzen Kees”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kleiner Burgstall and Glocknerkees.

Peak
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a peak.

Glacier
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is a glacier.

Peak
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe and Zweiter Leiterkogel.

Locality
Photo: StVeit Maps, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is part of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road. The end point of a cul-de-sac and lookout point is in in the in at an altitude of 2,369 m above sea level.

Locality
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a locality.

Locality
Photo: Florian Fuchs, CC BY 3.0.
is a locality.

Pasterze Glacier

Latitude
47.08637° or 47° 5′ 11″ north
Longitude
12.71543° or 12° 42′ 56″ east
Elevation
2,682 metres (8,799 feet)
Open location code
8FVJ3PP8+G5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 159103865
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Geo­Names ID
2769213
Wiki­data ID
Q684169
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Satellite Map

Discover Pasterze Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Pasterze Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Пастэрцэ”
  • Bulgarian: “Пастерце”
  • Catalan: “Glacera Pasterze”
  • Cebuano: “Pasterze”
  • Chinese: “帕斯特泽”
  • Chinese: “帕斯特泽冰川”
  • Chinese: “帕斯特澤”
  • Czech: “Pasterze”
  • Danish: “Pasterze”
  • Dutch: “Pasterze”
  • Dutch: “Pasterzegletsjer”
  • Estonian: “Pasterze liustik”
  • Finnish: “Pasterze”
  • French: “Pasterze”
  • Georgian: “პასტერცე”
  • German: “Pasterze”
  • Greek: “Παγετώνας Πάστερτσε”
  • Hungarian: “Pasterze-gleccser”
  • Japanese: “パステルツェ氷河”
  • Latvian: “Pasterce”
  • Lithuanian: “Pastercės ledynas”
  • Macedonian: “Пастерце”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pasterze”
  • Norwegian: “Pasterze”
  • Polish: “Lodowiec Pasterze”
  • Polish: “Pasterze”
  • Portuguese: “Glaciar Pasterze”
  • Romanian: “Pasterze”
  • Russian: “Пастерце”
  • Russian: “Пастерцен”
  • Slovak: “Pasterze”
  • Slovenian: “Ledenik Pastirica”
  • Slovenian: “Pastirica”
  • Spanish: “Pasterze”
  • Swedish: “Pasterze (glaciär i Österrike)”
  • Swedish: “Pasterze”
  • Ukrainian: “Пастерце”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Inneres Glocknerkar and Äußeres Glocknerkar.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Elschberg and Glocknerbivak.

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