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GLACIER "LOIBINBACH"
Risk type: glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)

Glacier list | Statistics
 

Type:  Niche glacier
Country:  Switzerland
Region:  Valais, Lötschental
Massif/Ice Cap:  
Municipality:  Blatten
Municipality code:  3914
Location:  Swiss coordinates: (633'500/142'500)
 
Latitude (°, cent):  46.42
Longitude (°, cent):  7.88
Surface (km2):  1
Lenght (km):  1
Width (km):  
Min. altitude (m):  2450
Max. altitude (m):  3300
Orientation (°)  315
Slope (°)  40

EVENT:  Date  //1944 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  
Effects:  
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
Note  

DAMAGES    

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Bieri, D., 1996 - Abschätzung von Gletschergefahren im Raum Grindelwald -Lauterbrunnen-Lötschental. Diplomarbeit am Geographischen Institut der Universität Zürich.

EVENT:  Date  /8/1935 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Ice avalanches
Description  Ice avalanche reached the river Lonza.
Effects:  
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
Note  

DAMAGES    

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

VAW, 2002 - Inventar von gefährlichen Gletschern in der Schweiz