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GLACIORISK EUROPEAN PROJECT
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France (CEMAGREF,
ETNA,
ONF-RTM,
LGGE-CNRS), Italy (CNR-IRPI,
SMS/Nimbus), Norway (UOSLO,
NVE),
Iceland (UI
(IS)), Austria (DGGS),
Switzerland (VAW-ETHZ) |
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GLACIER "OBER HÜFIFIRN"
Risk type: ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Cirque glacier |
| Country: |
Switzerland |
| Region: |
Uri, Maderanertal |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
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| Municipality: |
Silenen |
| Municipality code: |
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| Location: |
Swiss coordinates: (705'800/184'100) |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
46.81 |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
8.86 |
| Surface (km2): |
13.5 |
| Lenght (km): |
6 |
| Width (km): |
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| Min. altitude (m): |
3320 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
1740 |
| Orientation (°) |
330 |
| Slope (°) |
14 |
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EVENT: Date
17/8/1938
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
300'000 m3 ice. |
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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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Krasser, G., 1939 - Maderanertal Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie, 19:298 |
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