Reference for RANDKLUFT. Search for RANDKLUFT

AI searches containing RANDKLUFT

RANDKLUFT

Randkluft

Gap between a glacier and the rock face at the back of a cirque

A randkluft (from the German for marginal cleft/crevasse) or rimaye (from the same French IPA: [ʁimaj]) is the headwall gap between a glacier or snowfield

Randkluft

Bergschrund

Crevasse between moving glacier ice and the stagnant ice or firn above

(330 ft). A bergschrund is distinct from a randkluft, which is a crevasse with one side formed by rock. The randkluft arises in part from the melting of the

Bergschrund

Cirque glacier

Glacier formed in a cirque

If enough rock falls onto the glacier, it may become a rock glacier. Randklufts may form beneath corrie glaciers as open space between the ice and the

Cirque glacier

Cirque_glacier

Watzmann

Mountain in Germany

face. On 26 May 1890 he fell at the upper end of the icefield into the randkluft and was fatally injured. Another small nameless snowfield is located several

Watzmann

Zugspitze

Highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains (Eastern Alps)

so that crampons are required to cross it. Even more difficult is the randkluft because the ice retreats further and further from the rock as it melts

Zugspitze

Höllentalferner

Glacier in the western Wetterstein Mountains

the Höllentalferner has to be negotiated. Depending on the season the randkluft of the glacier is a key point on the way to the Klettersteig. Höllentalferner

Höllentalferner

Blaueis

Northernmost glacier in the Alps

the climb and snow bridges often allow a simple crossing of the gully (Randkluft) below the saddle. In late summer and autumn, the gully is wide and often

Blaueis

List of German expressions in English

Flysch Gneiss (German Gneis) Graben Horst Karst Loess (German: Löss) Randkluft, gap between the rock face and the side of the glacier Rille (German:

List of German expressions in English

List_of_German_expressions_in_English

Glossary of geography terms (A–M)

When the rift forms directly between ice and rock, the gap is called a randkluft. berm 1. A level space, shelf, or raised barrier separating two areas

Glossary of geography terms (A–M)

Glossary_of_geography_terms_(A–M)

Schlieferspitze

Mountain in the Venediger Group of the Alps

the Western Sonntagskees, and advanced up several rocky ridges, with randklufts and hollows, not shown on the contemporary Alpine Club map. Finally they

Schlieferspitze