Vernagtferner#
Vernagt Glacier (Vernagt Ferner), Tirol, glacier in the Oetztal Alps, includes the Grosser and Kleiner Vernagt, between Fluchtkogel mountain (3,497 m) and Wildspitze peak (3,768 m), descends into Rofan valley (Vent valley). Vernagthuette mountain refuge (2,755 m) with meteorological station, climatic and glacier monitoring station (on Grosser Vernagt Glacier). Dammed up drainage water from the Vernagt Glacier caused a devastating flood in the Oetztal valley in 1848.