| Glacier Blanc | |
|---|---|
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| 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 |
  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.[1]
- ^ See "Les cahiers thématiques du Parc national des Écrins – N°1 – Les glaciers" (in French). Parc national des Écrins. December 2005. Archived from the original (pdf) on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2010.