Otemma Glacier
The Otemma Glacier (French: Glacier d'Otemma) is a 7.7 km (4.8 mi) long glacier (2005) situated in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973 it had a length of 8.7 km (5.4 mi), and an area of 17.5 km (6.8 sq mi) but, like most other alpine glaciers, is known to be receding. By 2010 it had receded a further 1.2 km (0.75 mi) from its 1973 position. In summer 2018, the snout zone (terminus) of the glacier collapsed.
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References
- ^ "VAW / SCNAT Glacier Monitoring Network". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "VAW / SCNAT Réseau suisse de relevés glaciologiques". 15 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Egli, Pascal E.; Belotti, Bruno; Ouvry, Boris; Irving, James; Lane, Stuart N. (16 November 2021). "Subglacial Channels, Climate Warming, and Increasing Frequency of Alpine Glacier Snout Collapse". Geophysical Research Letters. 48 (21): 5–9. doi:10.1029/2021GL096031. ISSN 0094-8276. S2CID 239417493.
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