Glacier Blanc

Glacier Blanc
The Glacier Blanc and the Barre des Écrins
Location Hautes-Alpes, France
Range Pelvoux, Western Alps
Glacier type Valley glacier
Length 5.9 km (2002)
Area 5.34 km2 (2002)
Ice depth up to 250 m (2005)
Height 2,400 m to 4,015 m (Dôme de Neige)
Geographical location 44°56′29″N 6°22′50″E / 44.94139°N 6.38056°E / 44.94139; 6.38056
Glacier Blanc (France)

The Glacier Blanc is a glacier in the French département of Hautes-Alpes. Its name (which means "white glacier") derives from the fact that – unlike the nearby Glacier Noir ("black glacier") – its surface appears pristinely white due to an absence of morainic debris.

A glacier that is largely free of such moraines is generally described in French as a glacier blanc.

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