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GLACIER "VALLONNET SUPÉRIEUR"
Risk type: ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
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| Country: |
France |
| Region: |
Savoie |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
Vanoise |
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| Location: |
Glacier in scarf/sling, localised under the Albaron and the tips of Grand Fond, which overhang on the "Inférieur of Vallonnet" glacier. |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
45.2 N |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
7.05 E |
| Surface (km2): |
1.7 |
| Lenght (km): |
2.5 |
| Width (km): |
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| Min. altitude (m): |
2700 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
3600 |
| Orientation (°) |
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| Slope (°) |
20 |
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EVENT: Date
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- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
On several occasions before 1905 : serac detached from the « glacier supérieur » feed regularly the glacier "Inférieur du Vallonet" (regenerated) |
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Effects: |
no damages |
| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
the quality of the information is bad, only the repeated events are mentioned, without any dates, neither any concurrency frequency |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Mougin, P., 1925 - Avalanches, débâcles et érosions glaciaires Etudes glaciologiques, tome V, Imprimerie nationale. Paris, p. 161. |
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