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GLACIER "PRE DE BAR"
Risk type: glacier length changes

Glacier list | Statistics
 

Type:  Valley glacier
Country:  Italy
Region:  Aosta Valley
Massif/Ice Cap:  Monte Bianco
Municipality:  Courmayeur
Municipality code:  
Location:  
 
Latitude (°, cent):  45.93 N
Longitude (°, cent):  7.03 E
Surface (km2):  3.528
Lenght (km):  3.93
Width (km):  
Min. altitude (m):  2075
Max. altitude (m):  3750
Orientation (°)  135
Slope (°)  23

EVENT:  Date  //1917 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Glacier length changes
Description  During July and August glacier flow velocity at the snout was about half a meter a day.
Effects:  
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
Note  

DAMAGES    

Type:  None Description:

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Sacco F., 1918 - I ghiacciai italiani del Gruppo del Monte Bianco. Boll. Comitato Glac. It. Serie I, n. 3, p. 21-102.