!!!Gepatschferner

Gepatsch Glacier (Gepatschferner), Tyrol, glacier in the Oetztal Alps, 
close to the Italian border (South Tyrol), second largest glacier of 
the Eastern Alps (after the Pasterze glacier). Culminates in the 
Weissseespitze peak (alt. 3,518 m), extends mainly towards the 
north and ends in the upper Kaunertal valley; to the south-west, 
almost exactly at the Italian border, a small portion breaks off over 
the Langtaufers ice walls, opposite of the Langtaufers glacier. The 
almost flat "Im Sumpf" plain lies between Weissseespitze peak and 
Fluchtkogel mountain (alt. 3,497 m). Mountain refuges: 
Gepatschhaus (alt. 1,925 m), Rauhekopfhuette (alt. 2,731 m), 
Brandenburger Haus (alt. 3,274 m). The Gepatsch glacier serves as 
water supply for one of the largest high Alpine artificial lakes of 
the Eastern Alps, the Gepatsch storage lake (alt. 1,772 m). The 
power station was opened 1965; the lake has a catchment area of 
279 km%%sup 2/% and working contents of 139 
million m%%sup 3/%. The "Maria im Schnee" chapel is situated at 
the southern end of the lake. An all-season toll road ("Kaunertaler 
Gletscherstrasse") provides access to the skiing area on the Weisssee 
Glacier (Weissseeferner), with the highest bus stop in Austria (alt. 
2,570 m).


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