Back Пастэрцэ Byelorussian Пастерце Bulgarian Glacera Pasterze Catalan Pasterze (suba sa yelo sa Ostriya) CEB Pasterze Czech Pasterze Danish Pasterze German Pasterze Spanish Pasterze liustik Estonian Pasterze Finnish
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (March 2007) |
| Pasterze Glacier | |
|---|---|
 Pasterze with Grossglockner massif (left) and Johannisberg peak in 2014 | |
| Type | Mountain glacier |
| Location | Grossglockner, Austria |
| Coordinates | 47°5′8″N 12°43′24″E / 47.08556°N 12.72333°E |
| Area | 18.5 km2 (7.1 sq mi) (2006) |
| Length | 8.3 km (5.2 mi) (2006) |
| Thickness | about 120 m (400 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 3,453 m (11,329 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 2,100 m (6,900 ft) |
| Terminus | Talus |
| Status | Retreating |
The Pasterze, at approximately 8.4 kilometres (5.2 mi) in length, is the longest glacier in Austria and in the Eastern Alps.[1] It lies within the Glockner Group of the High Tauern mountain range in Carinthia, directly beneath Austria's highest mountain, the Grossglockner.
- ^ Huisman, Nick (26 July 2017). "Austria's biggest glacier is rapidly disappearing: the Pasterze". wilderness-society.org. European Wilderness Society. Retrieved 14 August 2023.