Scottish geographical magazine . earlier observations, Devdorakdescends as low as 8540 feet above the sea. These glaciers seem to bein general retreating, and M. Rossikof has calculated that in twelve years,from 1882 to 1894, the Malief retreated 83*6 metres, or, on an average,7 metres (23 feet) annually. We reproduce a beautiful view of thisglacier from the official Guide to the excursion of the late GeologicalCongress. The third most important group of glaciers has for its centre themountain Adai-khokh (15,244 feet). One of them, Karagom, is 15*5kilometres (96 miles) long, and another, Zei,
Scottish geographical magazine . earlier observations, Devdorakdescends as low as 8540 feet above the sea. These glaciers seem to bein general retreating, and M. Rossikof has calculated that in twelve years,from 1882 to 1894, the Malief retreated 83*6 metres, or, on an average,7 metres (23 feet) annually. We reproduce a beautiful view of thisglacier from the official Guide to the excursion of the late GeologicalCongress. The third most important group of glaciers has for its centre themountain Adai-khokh (15,244 feet). One of them, Karagom, is 15*5kilometres (96 miles) long, and another, Zei, has a length of 9*6kilometres (6 miles). The latter has also been explored by M. Rossikof,and was visited on the occasion of the last Congress. We give someillustrations of it from the Guide. Its lowest extremity in the Ardonvalley is at a height of only 6756 feet; it presents, as in the caseof many other glaciers, a mighty front masked by a terminal to the observations of M. Rossikof, the glacier has retreated. THE ZEI GLACIER (middle terrace).
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