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GLACIER "PÈLERINS"
Risk type: ice avalanches

Glacier list | Statistics
 

Type:  Cirque glacier
Country:  France
Region:  Haute Savoie
Massif/Ice Cap:  Mont Blanc
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Location:  Glacier localised under the « Aiguille du Plan », and looks directly on the valley of Chamonix
 
Latitude (°, cent):  45.53 N
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 (°)  
Slope (°)  25

EVENT:  Date  15/7/1949 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
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
Injuried (#)  0
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EVENT:  Date  8/4/1906 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Ice avalanches
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
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

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EVENT:  Date  25/4/1905 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Ice avalanches
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
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

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BIBLIOGRAPHY 

EVENT:  Date  6/1/1905 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Ice avalanches
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
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    

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

EVENT:  Date  1/1/1893 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
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
Injuried (#)  0
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DAMAGES    

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Vivian, R., 1975 - Les glaciers des Alpes occidentales Thèse d'état, Imprimerie Allier, Grenoble, p.350