Little Penck Glacier

Little Penck Glacier

NASA image from 2004 with locations of major glaciers on Mount Kilimanjaro. Little Penck Glacier is not shown. Click on image to expand.
Type Mountain glacier
Location Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Coordinates 03°03′36″S 37°20′13″E / 3.06000°S 37.33694°E / -3.06000; 37.33694
Terminus Barren rock
Status Stagnant ice

Little Penck Glacier is on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, on the west slope of the peak.[1] Once extending from the Northern Ice Field, the glacier detached from the icefield by 1992.[2] A sizeable but stagnant ice body remains near the 1912 historical terminal end of the glacier.[2] The now vanished Great Penck and Uhlig Glaciers once flanked Little Penck Glacier to the north and south, respectively.[2]

See also

References

  1. Young, James A.T. (1991). "Glaciers of the Middle East and Africa - Glaciers of Africa" (pdf). U. S. Geological Survey. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 N. J. Cullen; P. Sirguey; T. M¨olg; G. Kaser; M. Winkler; S. J. Fitzsimons (2013). "A century of ice retreat on Kilimanjaro: the mapping reloaded" (pdf). The Cryosphere 7: 419–431. doi:10.5194/tc-7-419-2013.
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