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GLACIER "NEST"
Risk type: ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Cirque glacier |
| Country: |
Switzerland |
| Region: |
Valais, Lötschental |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
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| Municipality: |
Wiler (Lötschen) |
| Municipality code: |
3918 |
| Location: |
Swiss coordinates: (629'800/138'800) |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
46.4 |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
7.83 |
| Surface (km2): |
1 |
| Lenght (km): |
2 |
| Width (km): |
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| Min. altitude (m): |
3900 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
2450 |
| Orientation (°) |
315 |
| Slope (°) |
36 |
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EVENT: Date
/2/1982
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
Breaking off of 15'000 m3 ice at the right tongue side triggered a combined snow-ice avalanche that reached the river Lonza. |
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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
//1919
- 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 |
Soapstone quarry had to be closed because of avalanche danger. |
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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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