Tschadinhorn Rock Glacier (Carinthia, Austria):

Tschadinhorn rock glacier (46°59’38” N, 12°41’47” E) is located in the Schober Mountains (Hohe Tauern Range, Austria) and is one of the fastest moving rock glaciers in the Austrian Alps. It is situated in a cirque northwest of Tschadinhorn (3016 m) stretching from 2800 m to 2575 m. The tongue-shaped rock glacier is approx. 550 m long and between 80 and 100 m wide. It is moving over a rock terrace into steeper terrain where high flow velocities up to 4.5 m/year (2014-2015) prevail. [ Poster ]

Snout of Tschadinhorn rock glacier. Photograph taken on August 25, 2016. North-viewing direction. In the background: Grossglockner (3798 m), Austria's highest mountain.

References (selected):

Buchenauer, H.W. (1990): Gletscher- und Blockgletschergeschichte der westlichen Schobergruppe (Osttirol). Marburger Geographische Schriften, 117, 276 p.
Kaufmann, V. (2010): Measurement of surface flow velocity of active rock glaciers using orthophotos of virtual globes. Geographia Technica, Special Issue, 2010, Cluj University Press, 68-81. [ Abstract ] [ Paper ] [ Paper last access 15.4.2013] (= Proceedings 7th ICA Mountain Cartography Workshop, 1-5 September 2010, Borsa, Romania)
Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., Lieb, G.K. and Kleinferchner, H. (2012): A new rock glacier inventory of the eastern European Alps. Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 105(2), 78-93. [ Paper ]
Kaufmann, V. and Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A. (2015): Regional quantification of rock glacier movement in Austria using governmental GIS data. In: Jasiewicz J., Zwoliński Zb., Mitasova H. and Hengl T. (eds.): Geomorphometry for Geosciences. Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań - Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Poznań, Poland, 165-168. ISBN 978-83-7986-059-3 [ Abstract ] [ Paper ] [ presentation ppt pdf ]
Kaufmann, V. and Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A. (2015): Active Rock Glaciers in a Changing Environment. Geomorphometric Quantification and Cartographic Presentation of Rock Glacier Surface Change with Examples from the Hohe Tauern Range, Austria. In: Kriz, K. (ed.): Mountain Cartography. 16 Years ICA Commission on Mountain Cartography (1999-2015). Wiener Schriften zur Geographie und Kartographie, 21, Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung, Universität Wien, 179-190. ISBN 978-3-900830-86-1 [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]
Kaufmann, V., Roth, K. und Seier, G. (2017): Tschadinhorn Blockgletscher, Schobergruppe, Hohe Tauern - ein Beitrag zur aktuellen Kinematik. In: Lienhart, W. (Hrsg.): Ingenieurvermessung '17. Beiträge zum 18. Internationalen Ingenieurvermessungskurs Graz, 2017, Wichmann Verlag, Berlin/Offenbach, S. 427-438. [ Paper ] [ Paper ] [ Poster ]
Kaufmann, V., und Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A. (2018): Dem Klimawandel auf der Spur – Permafrostforschung im Gemeindegebiet von Kals am Großglockner. In: FODN KALS, Gemeindezeitung Kals am Großglockner, 26. Jahrgang, Nr. 69, 02/18 – Sept. 2018, S. 24-25. [ Beitrag ] [ Gemeindezeitung Kals am Großglockner ]
Kaufmann, V., Seier, G., Sulzer, W., Wecht, M., Liu, Q., Lauk, G. and Maurer, M. (2018): Rock glacier monitoring using aerial photographs: Conventional vs. UAV-based mapping – a comparative study. In: Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-1, 239-246. [ https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-1-239-2018 ] [ Paper ]
Kaufmann, V., Sulzer, W., Seier, G. and Wecht, M. (2019): Panta Rhei: Movement Change of Tschadinhorn Rock Glacier (Hohe Tauern Range, Austria), 1954-2017. Kartografija i Geoinformacije (Cartography and Geoinformation), Journal of the Croatian Cartographic Society, No. 31, Vol. 18, 4-24. [ https://doi.org/10.32909/kg.18.31.1 ] [ Paper ] [ Paper ] [ Animationen ]
Kaufmann, V., Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A. und Seier, G. (2021): Dem Klimawandel auf der Spur – Permafrostforschung im Gemeindegebiet von Kals am Großglockner: Neue Ergebnisse. In: FODN KALS, Gemeindezeitung Kals am Großglockner, 29. Jahrgang, Nr. 78, 02/18 – Sept. 2021, S. 36-37. [ Beitrag ] [ Gemeindezeitung Kals am Großglockner ]
Hu, Y., Arenson, L.U., Barboux, C., Bodin, X., Cicoira, A., Delaloye, R., Gärtner-Roer, I., Kääb, A., Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., Lambiel, C., Liu, L., Pellet, C., Rouyet, L., Schoeneich, P., Seier, G. and Strozzi, T. (2025): Rock Glacier Velocity: An Essential Climate Variable Quantity for Permafrost. Reviews of Geophysics, 63(1). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024RG000847

For more information on the Tschadinhorn rock glacier kinematics, please see http://www.staff.tugraz.at/viktor.kaufmann/Tschadinhorn_Rock_Glacier/

Animation of the Tschadinhorn rock glacier movement, please see: https://www.staff.tugraz.at/viktor.kaufmann/animations.html#Tschadinhorn_rock_glacier

last update: february 6, 2025

Tschadinhorn Rock Glacier (Carinthia, Austria):

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