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GLACIER "EPICOUNE"
Risk type: ice avalanches

Glacier list | Statistics
 

Type:  Cirque glacier
Country:  Switzerland
Region:  Valais, Val de Bagnes
Massif/Ice Cap:  
Municipality:  Bagnes
Municipality code:  
Location:  Swiss coordinates: (697'500/85'500)
 
Latitude (°, cent):  45.92
Longitude (°, cent):  7.41
Surface (km2):  1
Lenght (km):  1.5
Width (km):  
Min. altitude (m):  2700
Max. altitude (m):  3200
Orientation (°)  0
Slope (°)  18

EVENT:  Date  /9/1983 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Ice avalanches
Description  Tiriggered by sliding of the tongue.
Effects:  
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
Note  

DAMAGES    

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

VAW, 2002 - Inventar von gefährlichen Gletschern in der Schweiz