Southernmost glacial mass in Europe


The southernmost persistent glacial masses in Europe are mainly small glaciers, glacierets, and perennial firn fields and patches, located in the highest mountains of the three big southern European peninsulas - the Balkan, the Apennine, and the Iberian, the southernmost ranges of the Alps and the glaciers on the european northwestern slopes of the Greater Caucasus mountains in Russia. There are summer lasting snow patches in Sierra Nevada, in Mount Olympus , in Mount Korab, in Rila Mountain, in Picos de Europa in the Cantabrian Mountains, in Mount Maglić and others. However, none of them have both persistency and indications of dynamic motion. In southern direction, some 4000 km away, are the glaciers in Africa in Rwenzori Mountains, Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro.
List by latitude::
glacieret in July 2012
in July 2012
1. Mount Bazarduzu northeast slope glaciers, Greater Caucasus, Russia/Azerbaijan
2. Snezhnika glacieret, Pirin massif, Bulgaria
3. Banski Suhodol Glacier, Pirin mountain, Bulgaria
4. Mertur cirque glacier, Hekurave range, Prokletije mountains, Albania
5. Maja Jezercë glaciers and glacierets, Prokletije mountains, Albania
6. Calderone glacier Gran Sasso massif, Apennine Mountains, Italy
7. Kolata glacieret, Kolata massif, Prokletije, Albania/Montenegro
8. Aneto glacier, Aneto-Maladeta, Pyrenees, Spain
9. Posets glacier, Pyrenees, Spain
10. Monte Perdido glacier, Pyrenees, Spain
11. Mount Dzhimara Glacier, the european northwestern slopes of Mount Dzhimara, Khokh Range, Greater Caucasus, Russia
12. Kolka Glacier, the european northwestern slopes of Mount Kazbek, Khokh Range, Greater Caucasus, Russia
13. Picos del infierno glacierets, Pyrenees, Spain
14. Debeli Namet glacier, Durmitor, Montenegro
15. Monte Clapier glacier, Maritime Alps, Italy
16. Monte Argentera glaciers, Maritime Alps, Italy
17. Skuta Glacier, Kamnik–Savinja Alps, Slovenia
18. Triglav glacieret, Julian Alps, Slovenia
19. Marmolada Glacier, Dolomites, Italy
20. Eiskar glacieret, Carnic Alps, Austria