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GLACIER "RHÔNE"
Risk type: glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Valley glacier |
| Country: |
Switzerland |
| Region: |
Valais, Goms |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
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| Municipality: |
Oberwald |
| Municipality code: |
3999 |
| Location: |
Swiss coordinates: (672'500/159'500) |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
46,62 |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
8,4 |
| Surface (km2): |
17 |
| Lenght (km): |
9 |
| Width (km): |
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| Min. altitude (m): |
2200 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
3630 |
| Orientation (°) |
180 |
| Slope (°) |
9 |
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EVENT: Date
9/8/1947
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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| Description |
Rupture of an ice-dam. |
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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
23/7/1941
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
Ice blocks fallen from the front of the glacier hit a form. 6 children were killed and 6 others injuried. |
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Effects: |
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| Deaths(#) |
6 |
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Injuried (#) |
6 |
| Note |
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DAMAGES |
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EVENT: Date
17/7/1934
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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| Description |
Breaking off of ice blocks at the front of the glacier blocked the stream temporarily. |
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Effects: |
Sudden outburst of the water. |
| Deaths(#) |
2 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
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DAMAGES |
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EVENT: Date
13/8/1927
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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| Description |
Lake at thr confluence at the bottom of the Scheidfluh burst again. |
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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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EVENT: Date
6/9/1926
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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| Description |
A lake formed at the confluence at the bottom of the Scheidfluh. |
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Effects: |
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| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
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EVENT: Date
//1918
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| Type: |
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| Description |
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Effects: |
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| Deaths(#) |
1 |
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Injuried (#) |
1 |
| Note |
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EVENT: Date
/7/1900
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| Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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| Description |
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Effects: |
Ice blocks transported as far as Gletsch. |
| 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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