Debeli Namet
Debeli Namet is a small glacier below the mountain of Šljeme (2,455 metres (8,054 ft)) in the Durmitor massif, Montenegro.
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| Coordinates | 43°6′54″N 19°4′3″E |
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Geography
This glacier exists well below the true snowline and is sustained by avalanching snow. Results of recent investigations on the Debeli Namet glacier have been published by a British scientist (Hughes 2007). The Debeli Namet glacier is not quite the southernmost glacier in Europe, as this status currently goes to the Snezhnika glacier (latitude of 41°46′09″ N)[1] followed by Banski Suhodol Glacier[2] also in Pirin mountain in Bulgaria and the Calderone Glacier in Italy.[3]
References
- Grunewald, K; Scheithauer, J (2010), "Europe's southernmost glaciers: response and adaptation to climate change" (PDF), Journal of Glaciology, 56 (195): 129–142, Bibcode:2010JGlac..56..129G, doi:10.3189/002214310791190947
- Emil Gachev, Alexander Gikov, Cvetelina Zlatinova, Bozidar Blagoev Present state of Bulgarian glacierets Landform Analysis, Vol. 11: 16–24 ISSN 2081-5980
- Hughes, P.D. (2007) Recent behaviour of the Debeli Namet glacier, Durmitor, Montenegro. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 32, 1593-1602.
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