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GLACIER "ROSSBODEN"
Risk type: ice avalanches

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Type:  Cirque glacier
Country:  Switzerland
Region:  Valais, Simplon
Massif/Ice Cap:  
Municipality:  Simplon
Municipality code:  3907
Location:  Swiss coordinates: (644'000/114'500)
 
Latitude (°, cent):  46.18
Longitude (°, cent):  8.01
Surface (km2):  2.5
Lenght (km):  3
Width (km):  
Min. altitude (m):  2000
Max. altitude (m):  3990
Orientation (°)  45
Slope (°)  33

EVENT:  Date  19/3/1901 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Ice avalanches
Description  Ice-snow-rock avalanche from summit of Fletschhorn (3788 m a.s.l). Mass of 2.5 to 3.0 mio m3.
Effects:  
Deaths(#)  2
Injuried (#)  0
Note  

DAMAGES    

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Coaz, J., 1910 - Statistik und Verbau der Lawinen in de Schweizer Alpen. Technical Report, Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern.
Schardt, H., 1903 - Avalanche du glacier du Rossboden (Simplon) Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 7(4):347-350.