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GLACIER "LEX BLANCHE"
Risk type: glacier length changes and ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Valley glacier |
| Country: |
Italy |
| Region: |
Aosta Valley |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
Monte Bianco |
| Municipality: |
Courmayeur |
| Municipality code: |
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| Location: |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
45.8 N |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
6.82 E |
| Surface (km2): |
4.094 |
| Lenght (km): |
3.6 |
| Width (km): |
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| Min. altitude (m): |
2065 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
3910 |
| Orientation (°) |
135 |
| Slope (°) |
24 |
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EVENT: Date
9/8/1956
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
Around midday a big ice-avalanche detached from the extreme left edge of the glacier, and reached the valley below.
Some days later, another avalanche occurred, covering 500 m in horizontal projection and 200 m in difference of altitude.
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Effects: |
The first avalanche damaged the trees of the wood below the glacier. |
| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
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DAMAGES |
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| Type: |
Trees |
Description: The first avalanche damaged the trees of the wood below the glacier. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Capello C. F., 1959 - Relazione sulla Campagna Glaciologica 1956 Boll. Comitato Glac. It. Serie II. N. 8, p. 183-186 |
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Capello C. F., 1959 - Frane-valanghe di ghiaccio nel gruppo del Monte Bianco. Boll. del Comitato Glac. It. Serie II. N. 8, p. 125-138 |
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EVENT: Date
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- Date quality:1954-1972 |
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| Type: |
Glacier length changes |
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| Description |
From 1954 to 1972 the snout advanced of 650 m. |
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Effects: |
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| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
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DAMAGES |
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| Type: |
None |
Description: |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Lesca C., Armando E., 1972 - Determinazione delle variazioni superficiali e volumetriche dal 1965 al 1970 e controllo della velocità della propagazione delle onde sismiche sul ghiacciaio de La Lex Blanche. Boll. Comitato Glac. It. Serie II. N. 20, p. 65-86 |
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