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GLACIER "MÖNCH SÜD"
Risk type: ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Hanging glacier |
| Country: |
Switzerland |
| Region: |
Goms |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
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| Municipality: |
Fieschertal |
| Municipality code: |
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| Location: |
Swiss coordinates: (642'800/156'000). Located south of the Mönch. |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
46.51 |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
8.01 |
| Surface (km2): |
0.2 |
| Lenght (km): |
0.5 |
| Width (km): |
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| Min. altitude (m): |
3600 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
4100 |
| Orientation (°) |
180 |
| Slope (°) |
45 |
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EVENT: Date
5/7/1984
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
340'000 m3 ice broke from hanging glacier Mönch and slid over a horizontal distance of 690 m. |
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Effects: |
The path to the Mönchsjochhut was spilled. |
| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Alean, J., 1984 - Untersuchungen über Entstehungsbedingungen und Reichweiten von Eislawinen. Ph.D thesis, ETH-Zurich. Mitteilungen der VAW, Nr. 74 |
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EVENT: Date
14/5/1982
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
Ice block (55 m3) slid over the humid firn for a distance of 470m. The slide could not be calculated. |
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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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Alean, J, 1985 - Ice avalanche activity and mass balance of a high altitude hanging glacier in the Swiss Alps. Annals of Glaciology, 31(109):324-333. |
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Alean, J, 1984 - Ice avalanche and a landslide on Grosser Aletschgletscher. Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie, 20:9-25 |
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