Venedigerkees - Austria

Basic Information
Site Name
Venedigerkees
Short name
Venedigerkees
Country
Austria
Web Address
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/igf/forschung/mensch-umwelt-beziehung-hochgebirge/gletsc…
Operating Organisation
Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research
Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
Site Manager
Andrea Fischer
Site Description
The Venedigerkees in the Hohe Tauern National Park is the easternmost tributary glacier to the former tongue of Obersulzbachkees. As a result of the strong retreat of Obersulzbachkees, the glacier disintegrated into several tributary glaciers, with a large lake remaining at the location of a famous serac zone, the 'Türkische Zeltstadt'. Mass balance of the Venedigerkees is measured since 2011/12 with the direct or glaciological method. Furthermore, an automatic weather station was built between Venedigerkees and Keeskogel in 2018.
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2024-09-04 13:09:23

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2012
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)✖ (WGMSID:10460)The affiliation of this site with "World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
Photos
Venedigerkees (© Bernd Seiser)
Venedigerkees (© Bernd Seiser)
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 47.123045 Longitude: 12.339511

Size
ca. 182.00ha
Elevation (average)
2750.00msl
Elevation (min)
2503.00msl
Elevation (max)
3405.00msl
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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
12.30°C
Precipitation Annual
1750.00mm
Landforms
not applicable/not relevant
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category Ib – Wilderness Area
Category II – National Park
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
footpath/trail
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
30
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
1 dataset(s) in total:
Automatic Weather Station, Keeskogel Südgrat