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GLACIER "VALLONNET SUPÉRIEUR"
Risk type: ice avalanches

Glacier list | Statistics
 

Type:  
Country:  France
Region:  Savoie
Massif/Ice Cap:  Vanoise
Municipality:  
Municipality code:  
Location:  Glacier in scarf/sling, localised under the Albaron and the tips of Grand Fond, which overhang on the "Inférieur of Vallonnet" glacier.
 
Latitude (°, cent):  45.2 N
Longitude (°, cent):  7.05 E
Surface (km2):  1.7
Lenght (km):  2.5
Width (km):  
Min. altitude (m):  2700
Max. altitude (m):  3600
Orientation (°)  
Slope (°)  20

EVENT:  Date  // -  Date quality:   

Type:  Ice avalanches
Description  On several occasions before 1905 : serac detached from the « glacier supérieur » feed regularly the glacier "Inférieur du Vallonet" (regenerated)
Effects:  no damages
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
Note  the quality of the information is bad, only the repeated events are mentioned, without any dates, neither any concurrency frequency

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BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Mougin, P., 1925 - Avalanches, débâcles et érosions glaciaires Etudes glaciologiques, tome V, Imprimerie nationale. Paris, p. 161.