23) Literola

During the Little Ice Age, the Literola crag, with an extension of 27.5 ha, was the 5th largest crag in the Perdiguer massif and the 2nd largest of the Pyrenean crags oriented strictly to the south together with the 13) Corones crag. It reached a maximum length of 670 m, although its width was even more remarkable, with 1,050 m it was the 12th widest gorge in the Serralada. Its total extinction was estimated in 1999.

It is considered to be the last Pyrenean glacier to lose its activity among the south-facing Pyrenean glaciers.

The combination of moraines from the Little Ice Age and more recent brief pulses make the old location of the extinct Literola glacier an ideal place to observe the different glaciological phenomena. During its return, the Ibones Blancs de Literola were discovered, which represent one of the most recent examples in the Pyrenees of the over-excavation of the glaciers of the Little Ice Age.

Este aparato glaciar pertenece al siguiente macizo:

C) Perdiguero Massif

Aragón
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Galería de imágenes

The Literola Glacier in 1925. To the right of the photograph, the part that later became the Helero de la Tusse de Remuñé remains intact (Author unknown).

The Literola Glacier in 1932–1933 (Escudero Carrión).

The Literola Glacier in 1986, already showing a very concave structure but still active, at the base of Crabioules Oriental (7) and far from its frontal moraine of the LIA (18). Below the summit of Tusse de Remuñé (6), its helleura (22) already separated from the main glacier and fragmented into several units (Jordi Camins).

In the foreground, the small lake that once occupied the site of the Tusse de Remuñé AG. The white lakes of Literola and the interesting moraine formation in the empty basin of the extinct Literola Glacier. (Jordi Camins – 2023).

The magnificent frontal moraine of the extinct Literora Glacier indicates the extent and thickness it reached during the Pequeña Edad de Hielo. In the background, the Crabioules wall. (Jordi Camins, 2012).