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GLACIER "PÈLERINS"
Risk type: ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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Type: |
Cirque glacier |
Country: |
France |
Region: |
Haute Savoie |
Massif/Ice Cap: |
Mont Blanc |
Municipality: |
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Municipality code: |
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Location: |
Glacier localised under the « Aiguille du Plan », and looks directly on the valley of Chamonix |
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Latitude (°, cent): |
45.53 N |
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Longitude (°, cent): |
6.53 E |
Surface (km2): |
1.1 |
Lenght (km): |
1.7 |
Width (km): |
0.699 |
Min. altitude (m): |
2200 |
Max. altitude (m): |
3000 |
Orientation (°) |
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Slope (°) |
25 |
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EVENT: Date
15/7/1949
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
a water pocket would has outbursted , releasing an important quantity of water |
Effects: |
formation of mud flow which has filled, on several place, the bed of the "Dard", thrusting some blocks of 100 m3 |
Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
8/4/1906
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Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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Description |
a serac fall occurred at 3.000 m height, as far as 1.150 m level, making a cone of most of 38.000 m3 |
Effects: |
the pass leading at the Bossons was barred |
Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
he quality of the information is good; the recitals are detailed, but we can regret the absence of precise information concerning the water pocket outburst in term of flow, volumes and last |
DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
25/4/1905
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Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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Description |
a serac fall started at 3.000 m height and stopping at 1.100 m height in the torrent of Pèlerins, making a cone of 18.000 m3 |
Effects: |
no damage |
Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
the quality of the information is good; the recitals are detailed, but we can regret the absence of precise information concerning the water pocket outburst in term of flow, volumes and last |
DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
6/1/1905
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Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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Description |
a serac fall occurred at 3.000 m height, making a cone of approximately 30.000 m3 in the torrent of Pèlerins, at 1.150 m height |
Effects: |
no material damage |
Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
the quality of the information is good; the recitals are detailed, but we can regret the absence of precise information concerning the water pocket outburst in term of flow, volumes and last |
DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
1/1/1893
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
it seems that the glacier has emitted a water flow |
Effects: |
the water flow barred the pass of « Pierre Pointue » on several places, destroyed all the vegetation on its passage, thrusting only small materials |
Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Vivian, R., 1975 - Les glaciers des Alpes occidentales Thèse d'état, Imprimerie Allier, Grenoble, p.350 |
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