Watzmann Glacier, Permanent glacier in Berchtesgaden Alps, Germany.
The Watzmann Glacier extends 330 meters in length and 90 meters in width beneath the eastern face of Mount Watzmann at 2200 meters elevation.
The glacier surface decreased from 30 hectares in 1820 to separate firn fields until expanding again between 1965 and 1980 to 10.1 hectares.
The Bavarian Academy of Science Commission for Glaciology monitors this glacier as one of only five recognized glaciers in Germany.
Visitors access the glacier through marked trails in Berchtesgaden National Park, with observation points providing views of the ice formation.
The remains of a Ju 52 aircraft that crashed in October 1940 rest above the glacier on the western side of the ice field.
Location: Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden
Location: Bavaria
Elevation above the sea: 2,200 m
Length: 330 m
Width: 90 m
GPS coordinates: 47.55550,12.93020
Latest update: March 13, 2025 15:33
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