The Eiskar is the only existing glacier in the Carnic Alps, a mountain range spanning Austria and Italy. A cirque glacier, it survives at the relatively low elevation of 2,160 to 2,390 meters above sea level thanks to its shady location and avalanche-fed accumulation, though it has been rapidly turning into a sheet of dead ice, with no significant retreat recorded between 2007 and 2014. It can be reached from below by a klettersteig or more easily from above across the Kellerwand rock face, and its slopes still hold remains of defensive positions from the mountain war of 1915-1918. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Protected StatusNational Park or Reserve 1 Protected Status Connections
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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The Eiskar is the only existing glacier in the Carnic Alps, a mountain range in Austria and Italy.
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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Eiskar, World Database on Protected Areas
UNEP-WCMC and IUCNname_eng and desig_eng
"name_eng": "Naturschutzgebiete (NSG) - NSG Wolayersee und Umgebung", "desig_eng": "Nature Reserve"
desig_eng, designation 20 of the point search
"name_eng": "Wolayersee und Umgebung", "desig_eng": "Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)"
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The Eiskar is the only existing glacier in the Carnic Alps, a mountain range in Austria and Italy.
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