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France (CEMAGREF,
ETNA,
ONF-RTM,
LGGE-CNRS), Italy (CNR-IRPI,
SMS/Nimbus), Norway (UOSLO,
NVE),
Iceland (UI
(IS)), Austria (DGGS),
Switzerland (VAW-ETHZ) |
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GLACIER "MEIJE"
Risk type: ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Cirque glacier |
| Country: |
France |
| Region: |
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| Massif/Ice Cap: |
Ecrins |
| Municipality: |
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| Location: |
This glacier overlooks the « Romanche » valley near the village of the Grave |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
45 |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
6.18 |
| Surface (km2): |
1.7 |
| Lenght (km): |
2 |
| Width (km): |
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| Min. altitude (m): |
2300 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
3610 |
| Orientation (°) |
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| Slope (°) |
33 |
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EVENT: Date
19/3/1921
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
one part of snout has been separated from the glacier and has sliced over 200m long. This event has occurred because of the appearance of many crevasses, and a chaos of seracs at the fracture level |
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Effects: |
no consequences for the valley |
| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
the global quality of this information is medium, the source is reliable, the recital doesn’t mention the ice’s volume put in movement, neither the speed or the duration of the phenomenon |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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R.T.M. de Gap, 0 - Archives du R.T.M. de Gap |
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