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GLACIER "SONNBLICKKEES"
Risk type: glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Glacier list |
Statistics
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Type: |
Cirque glacier |
Country: |
Austria |
Region: |
Salzburg |
Massif/Ice Cap: |
Granatspitz mountains |
Municipality: |
Uttendorf |
Municipality code: |
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Location: |
The glacier is situated east of Stubacher Sonnblick (3088 m) and Granatspitze (3086 m) close to the alpine center "Rudolphshütte". |
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Latitude (°, cent): |
47.13 N |
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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 |
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EVENT: Date
19/10/2001
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Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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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 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Slupetzky, H.,, 2001 - Eissturz. Fürlegg-Eisbruch in Bewegung Berg & Steigen 4/01, S.14-15. |
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