Piedmont glaciers

Deutsch: Piedmontgletscher, Eisloben, Vorlandgletscher sind durch keine topographischen Hindernisse eingeengten Gletscherzungen im Vorland von Gebirgen. Die meisten Piedmontgletscher entstammen einem Eisstromnetz, wie es eiszeitlich in den Alpen entwickelt war, seltener auch aus einem großen Plateaugletscher (einige Loben des Vatnajökull in Island).

English: Piedmont glaciers are either valley glaciers which have spilled out onto relatively flat plains, where they spread out into bulb-like lobes. But they can also consist of big glacier lobes without a topographical limitation. This type of glaciers is only to be found in polar and subpolar regions.

Español: Lóbulos de piemonte

Français : Glaciers de piémont

Íslenska: Rótarjöklar

See also: Glacier, Outlet glaciers, Valley glaciers, Cirque glaciers, Ice caps, Ice sheets and Ice fields.

Different kinds of piedmont glaciers

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  Piedmont glacier at the terminus of a valley glacier
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  Topographically unconstrained piedmont glaciers:Outlet glaciers of western Vatnajökull, Iceland
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  Satellite image of Dyngjujökull and Brúarjökull, some other Vatnajökull outlet glaciers, with the Holuhraun 2014 eruption site

Piedmont glaciers in Greenland

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  North-east Greenland
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  Waltershausen Glacier

Piedmont glaciers in Svalbard, Norway

Comfortlessbreen

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Förstebreen

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Piedmont glaciers at Isfjorden and Nordaustlandet

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  At Isfjorden
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  Calving front
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  On Nordaustlandet

Malaspina Glacier, Alaska

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  Map from 1892
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  Malaspina Glacier from space
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  St. Elias and Malaspina Glacier
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  Malaspina Glacier in Southeastern Alaska