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GLACIER "GIESEN/SILBERHORN"
Risk type: ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Cirque glacier |
| Country: |
Switzerland |
| Region: |
Bern, Lauterbrunnental |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
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| Municipality: |
Lauterbrunnen |
| Municipality code: |
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| Location: |
Swiss coordinates: (640'000/155'000) |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
46.55 |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
7.95 |
| Surface (km2): |
2.13 |
| Lenght (km): |
2.3 |
| Width (km): |
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| Min. altitude (m): |
2350 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
3600 |
| Orientation (°) |
315 |
| Slope (°) |
28 |
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EVENT: Date
/1/1986
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
Powder avalanche to Mürrenfluh after breaking off of ice at Giesengletscher. |
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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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EVENT: Date
//1982
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
Ascent to the hut threatened by ice break off. |
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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
6/11/1982
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
One victim on the path to the "Silberhornhütte". |
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Effects: |
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| Deaths(#) |
1 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
3/1/1969
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
Ice break off between "kleinen und grossen Silberorn". |
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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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