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GLACIER "BOCKKARKEES"
Risk type: ice avalanches

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Type:	Hanging glacier
Country:	Austria
Region:	Salzburg
Massif/Ice Cap:	Großglockner mountains
Municipality:	Fusch
Municipality code:
Location:	The glacier is situated in the upper part of the Fuscher valley, the small Käfer-valley in Salzburg just west of the famous Großglockner high-alpine-road. The border of the counties Carinthia and Salzburg is crossing the glacier in the middle. About 70 events are documented since 1933, 6 of them (the biggest events) are mentioned in the database

Latitude (°, cent):

47.07 N

Longitude (°, cent):

12.44 E

Surface (km²):

3.4

Lenght (km):

4.1

Width (km):

1.4

Min. altitude (m):

2700

Max. altitude (m):

3360

Orientation (°)

130

Slope (°)

EVENT: Date 26/6/2003 - Date quality:

Type:

Ice avalanches

Description

An ice avalanche with a volume of about 500.000 m³ came down in the Käfervalley. The accumulation area was documented by laser scanning. A photo documentation of the whole accumulation area and breaking off - zone exists.

Effects:

pasture land was affected

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Note

DAMAGES
Type:	Agricolture	Description:

BIBLIOGRAPHY

EVENT: Date 19/7/1993 - Date quality:

Type:

Ice avalanches

Description

an ice avalanche with a volume of about 1,5-2,5 million m³ of ice came down to the ground of the Käfer valley

Effects:

agricultural damage of pasture land

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Note

last big event, since that time only avalanches with a maximum volume of 500.000 m³

DAMAGES
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

EVENT: Date 7/10/1975 - Date quality:

Type:

Ice avalanches

Description

an ice avalanche with a volume of about 2-3 million m³ of ice came down to the ground of the Käfer valley

Effects:

agricultural damage of pasture land

Deaths(#)

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Note

4 year period after last big avalanche

DAMAGES
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
KETTNER, G, 1982 - Die Eisstürze vom Nördlichen Bockkarkees und ihre Auswirkungen Thesis University of Salzburg, 77 p.
ROHRBACHER, S, 1983 - Volumsänderungen von Gletschern an ausgewählten Beispielen Thesis University of Salzburg

EVENT: Date 2/7/1971 - Date quality:

Type:

Ice avalanches

Description

an ice avalanche with a volume of about 2-3 million m³ of ice came down to the ground of the Käfer valley

Effects:

agricultural damage of wood and pasture land

Deaths(#)

Injuried (#)

Note

4 year period after last big avalanche

DAMAGES
Type:		Description:

BIBLIOGRAPHY
KETTNER, G, 1982 - Die Eisstürze vom Nördlichen Bockkarkees und ihre Auswirkungen Thesis University of Salzburg, 77 p.
ROHRBACHER, S, 1983 - Volumsänderungen von Gletschern an ausgewählten Beispielen Thesis University of Salzburg

EVENT: Date 21/8/1967 - Date quality:

Type:

Ice avalanches

Description

an ice avalanche with a volume of about 1,5-2,0 million m³ of ice came down to the ground of the Käfer valley

Effects:

agricultural damage of wood and pasture land

Deaths(#)

Injuried (#)

Note

3 year period after last big avalanche

DAMAGES
Type:		Description:

BIBLIOGRAPHY
KETTNER, G, 1982 - Die Eisstürze vom Nördlichen Bockkarkees und ihre Auswirkungen Thesis University of Salzburg, 77 p.
ROHRBACHER, S, 1983 - Volumsänderungen von Gletschern an ausgewählten Beispielen Thesis University of Salzburg
Vivian, R., 1975 - Les glaciers des Alpes occidentales Thèse d'état, Imprimerie Allier, Grenoble, p.350

EVENT: Date 21/7/1964 - Date quality:

Type:

Ice avalanches

Description

an ice avalanche with a volume of about 2-3 million m³ of ice came down to the ground of the Käfer valley

Effects:

agricultural damage of wood and pasture land.

Deaths(#)

Injuried (#)

Note

starting with this event in 1964 bigger avalanches came down every 3 or 4 years. Obviously this was the beginning of the glacier advance resulting in the peak around 1980

DAMAGES
Type:		Description:

BIBLIOGRAPHY
KETTNER, G, 1982 - Die Eisstürze vom Nördlichen Bockkarkees und ihre Auswirkungen Thesis University of Salzburg, 77 p.
Mougin, M.P., 1922 - Avalanches, débâcles et érosions glaciaires Etudes glaciologiques, tome V, Imprimierie nationale, Paris, p.162,163
R.T.M. d'Annecy, 0 - Archives du service R.T.M. d'Annecy
ROHRBACHER, S, 1983 - Volumsänderungen von Gletschern an ausgewählten Beispielen Thesis University of Salzburg

EVENT: Date 26/7/1945 - Date quality:

Type:

Ice avalanches

Description

In 1945 the biggest documented ice avalanche happened when about 5 million m³ of ice came down to the ground of the Käfer valley

Effects:

agricultural damage of wood and pasture land.

Deaths(#)

Injuried (#)

Note

biggest avalanche so far, the picture shows the reconstructed deposit area and the way of the ice avalanche

DAMAGES
Type:		Description:
Type:		Description:

BIBLIOGRAPHY
KETTNER, G, 1982 - Die Eisstürze vom Nördlichen Bockkarkees und ihre Auswirkungen Thesis University of Salzburg, 77 p.
Mougin, P., 1924 - Avalanches, débâcles et érosions glaciaires. Etudes glaciologiques, tome V, Imprimerie nationale. Paris, p. 161
ROHRBACHER, S, 1983 - Volumsänderungen von Gletschern an ausgewählten Beispielen Thesis University of Salzburg
SLUPETZKY, H, 2002 - Der Eissturz vom Nördlichen Bockkarkees (Hohe Tauern, Glocknergruppe, Käfertal) im Jahr 1945 Grazer Schriften der Geographie und Raumforschung Universität Graz, Bd. 38 (Wakonigg-Festschrift), S.211-226
SLUPETZKY, H., PURUCKHERR, R. & HOBERG, CH, 1983 - Zur Karte "Nördliches Bockkarkees 1979", 1:10000 Zschr. f. Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie, Bd. 19, Heft 2 (1983), S. 163-171.