Pasterze Glacier
The Pasterze, at approximately 8.4 kilometres in length, is the longest glacier in Austria and in the Eastern Alps. It lies within the Glockner Group of the High Tauern mountain range in Carinthia, directly beneath Austria's highest mountain, the Grossglockner.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sonderschutzgebiet Gamsgrube and Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe.
Sonderschutzgebiet Gamsgrube
Locality
Photo: Raul de Chissota, Public domain.
Sonderschutzgebiet Gamsgrube is a locality.
Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe
Locality
Photo: Papa1234, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe is part of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road. The end point of a cul-de-sac and lookout point is in Austria in the Glockner Group in Carinthia at an altitude of 2,369 m above sea level.
Pasterze Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Carinthia, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.08483° or 47° 5′ 5″ northLongitude
12.71888° or 12° 43′ 8″ eastElevation
2,682 metres (8,799 feet)Open location code
8FVJ3PM9+WHOpenStreetMap ID
way 159103865OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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Satellite Map
Discover Pasterze Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- 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 Hofmannskees.
Carinthia: Must-Visit Destinations
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pasterze Glacier”. Photo: Otberg, Public domain.