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GLACIER "BIRCH"
Risk type: ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Niche glacier |
| Country: |
Switzerland |
| Region: |
Valais, Lötschental |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
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| Municipality: |
Wiler (Lötschen) |
| Municipality code: |
3918 |
| Location: |
Swiss coordinates: (631'000/139'000) |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
46.4 |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
7.84 |
| Surface (km2): |
1 |
| Lenght (km): |
1.5 |
| Width (km): |
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| Min. altitude (m): |
2550 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
3500 |
| Orientation (°) |
315 |
| Slope (°) |
32 |
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EVENT: Date
29/12/1999
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
Cantonal road spilled over 40 m length by a powder avalanche. Avalanche probably triggered by a small break off of ice (less than 1000m3). |
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Effects: |
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| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
Road closed because of avalanche danger. |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
18/12/1993
- Date quality: |
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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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