Cirque glaciers
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Deutsch: Kargletscher sind Eismassen geringer Größe, die sich sonnengeschützt in einer Mulde, dem sogenannten Kar, befinden. Kargletscher besitzen keine deutlich ausgebildete Gletscherzunge. Oft sind sie Hängegletscher. Durch die geschützte Mulde können sie tiefer auftreten als Talgletscher.
Lawinengletscher oder Lawinenkesselgletscher
English: Cirque glaciers or corrie glaciers: Snow may be situated on the leeward slope of a mountain, where it is sheltered and accumlates in small depressions. In these depressions, snow persists through summer months, and is transformed into glacier ice. The glaciers which are built up now, the cirque glaciers form cirques, bowl-shaped valleys on the side of the mountains.
Español: Glaciares de circo
Français : Cirques glaciaires ou glaciers de cirque
Íslenska: Skálarjöklar, hvílftarjöklar
Italiano: Ghiacciai di circo
Português: Geleiras de anfiteatro ou circos glaciales
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Diagrams
[edit]Europe
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Ghiacciaio del Calderone, Italy
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Tyrol, Austria
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In Norway
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Jotunheimen, Norway
Iceland and Svalbard
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Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
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Lestrisbreen, Svalbard
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Cirque glaciers in Albert I Land, Svalbard
North America
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Cirque glaciers in Canada, Victoria Glacier
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Part of Athabasca Glacier with glacier cornice, Canada
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Lyell Glacier, California, USA
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Drawing of a cirque glacier, Alaska, USA,
Asia
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Cirque glaciers in the Tian Shan mountains, Kazakhstan
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Masherbrum mountains, Pakistan
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Karakoram Range, Pakistan
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Gasherbrum Group, Pakistan