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GLACIER "BROUILLARD"
Risk type: glacier length changes

Glacier list | Statistics
 

Type:  Cirque glacier
Country:  Italy
Region:  Aosta Valley
Massif/Ice Cap:  Monte Bianco
Municipality:  Courmayeur
Municipality code:  
Location:  
 
Latitude (°, cent):  45.82 N
Longitude (°, cent):  6.88 E
Surface (km2):  1.461
Lenght (km):  3.1
Width (km):  
Min. altitude (m):  2340
Max. altitude (m):  4090
Orientation (°)  180
Slope (°)  29

EVENT:  Date  // -  Date quality:1965-1970   

Type:  Glacier length changes
Description  From 1965 to 1970 glacier advanced of 560 m.
Effects:  
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
Note  

DAMAGES    

Type:  None Description:

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Lesca C., 1972 - Determinazione delle variazioni dal 1965 al 1970 della lingua terminale del ghiacciaio del Brouillard mediante rilievi fotogrammetrici. Bollettino del Comitato Glaciologico Italiano. Serie seconda. N.20 p.87-92