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GLACIER "DOSSENGRAT- SE"
Risk type: glacier length changes

Glacier list | Statistics
 

Type:  Niche glacier
Country:  Switzerland
Region:  Haslital
Massif/Ice Cap:  
Municipality:  Innertkirchen
Municipality code:  
Location:  Swiss coordinates. (655'700/166'900)
 
Latitude (°, cent):  46.64
Longitude (°, cent):  8.17
Surface (km2):  0.18
Lenght (km):  0.6
Width (km):  
Min. altitude (m):  2520
Max. altitude (m):  3030
Orientation (°)  90
Slope (°)  40

EVENT:  Date  //1884 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Glacier length changes
Description  The hut located at the point 397 of the Siegfriedatlas was built 1879. It had to be removed 1884 because of the advancing glacier.
Effects:  
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
Note  

DAMAGES    

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Forel, F. A., 1885 - Les variations periodiques des glaciers des Alpes
VAW, 2002 - Inventar von gefährlichen Gletschern in der Schweiz