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GLACIER "DOLENT"
Risk type: glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Glacier list |
Statistics
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Type: |
Cirque glacier |
Country: |
Switzerland |
Region: |
Valais, Val Ferret |
Massif/Ice Cap: |
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Municipality: |
Orsières |
Municipality code: |
1937 |
Location: |
Swiss coordinates: (571'500/85'000) |
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Latitude (°, cent): |
45.92 |
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Longitude (°, cent): |
7.07 |
Surface (km2): |
1.5 |
Lenght (km): |
2 |
Width (km): |
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Min. altitude (m): |
2550 |
Max. altitude (m): |
3500 |
Orientation (°) |
90 |
Slope (°) |
25 |
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EVENT: Date
10/7/1990
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
30'000 m3 from the moraine => debris flow in Weiler l'A Neuve. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Lugon, R. and Monbaron, M., 1998 - Stabilité des terrains meubles en zone de pergélisol et changements climatiques. Deux études de cas en Valais: le Ritigraben (Mattertal) et la moraine du Dolent (Val Ferret). vdf Hochschulverlag AG an der ETH Zürich, Fribourg. Rapport final PNR31, 102 p., ISBN 3 7281 2324 2 |
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EVENT: Date
//1966
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Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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Description |
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Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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VAW, 2002 - Inventar von gefährlichen Gletschern in der Schweiz |
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EVENT: Date
22/6/1898
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
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Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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