Skuta Glacier Explained

Skuta Glacier
Type:	Mountain glacier
Location:	mountain Skuta in Kamnik-Savinja Alps in Slovenia
Map:	Slovenia#Alps
Label Position:	top
Area:	1.7ha
Status:	Retreating
Embedded:	Wikidata: yes Zoom: 16

Skuta Glacier (Slovenian: Ledenik pod Skuto), located beneath mountain Skuta in Kamnik-Savinja Alps in Slovenia is the most south-eastern glacier in the Alps.

Geography

Skuta Glacier had an area of 2.8ha in 1950 and in 2013.^[1] Reaching above sea level at its lowest point, it is also one of the lowest elevation glaciers in the Alps.^[2]

Triglav glacieret is the second remaining glacier in Slovenia at the elevation of 2500 m.

Skuta Glacier in figures

• Area: (as of 2007)
• Elevation: 2020-
• Average ice thickness: 7m (23feet) (as of September 2006)
• Maximum ice thickness: 12m (39feet) (as of September 2006)
• Volume: 80000m² (as of September 2006)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Domov | ZRC SAZU. giam.zrc-sazu.si . https://web.archive.org/web/20140111171001/http://giam.zrc-sazu.si/?q=sl%2Fnode%2F421 . 2014-01-11.
2. Web site: Triglavski ledenik izginja počasneje od napovedi. October 2013.