Description of Data Files

Rock glaciers, Simplon Pass area, Valais, Southern Swiss Alps

• Location: Fletschhorn Area, Southern Swiss Alps
• Time Range: Inventory of rock glaciers: summer of 1995
• File: chrgsimp.dat
• Columns: latitude [Swiss national system],longitude [Swiss national system],elevation of the front [m a.s.l.],length [m],width [m],aspect,activity,source temperature [degC],vegetation cover
• File: chsimap.gif
• Comments: Map of the rock glaciers

Rock Glacier Nr 41 (according to inventory), Fletschhorn Area, Valais, Swiss Alps, Switzerland