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GLACIER "SONNBLICKKEES"
Risk type: glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)

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Type:  Cirque glacier
Country:  Austria
Region:  Salzburg
Massif/Ice Cap:  Granatspitz mountains
Municipality:  Uttendorf
Municipality code:  
Location:  The glacier is situated east of Stubacher Sonnblick (3088 m) and Granatspitze (3086 m) close to the alpine center "Rudolphshütte".
 
Latitude (°, cent):  47.13 N
Longitude (°, cent):  12.6 E
Surface (km2):  1.7
Lenght (km):  1.5
Width (km):  1.5
Min. altitude (m):  2500
Max. altitude (m):  3030
Orientation (°)  50
Slope (°)  20

EVENT:  Date  19/10/2001 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Ice avalanches
Description  In the night from 18th to 19th of October 2001 an iceavalanche came down over a rockwall in the middle of the glacier. The avalanche started at 2650 m altitude and reached down to 2540 m. It developed a deposit area of 130 * 70 m and had a volume of 15.000 m³. Fortunately the last years snow that still covered the glacier surface had the effect of brake. Therefore the iceavalanche stopped before it could reach a proglacial lake.
Effects:  loss of an interesting ice climbing training area
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
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DAMAGES    

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Slupetzky, H.,, 2001 - Eissturz. Fürlegg-Eisbruch in Bewegung Berg & Steigen 4/01, S.14-15.