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GLACIER "HOMATTU, BALMEN"
Risk type: ice avalanches

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Type:  Niche glacier
Country:  Switzerland
Region:  Valais, Simplon
Massif/Ice Cap:  
Municipality:  Zwischbergen
Municipality code:  
Location:  Swiss coordinates: (649'000/121'000)
 
Latitude (°, cent):  46.24
Longitude (°, cent):  8.08
Surface (km2):  1
Lenght (km):  1
Width (km):  
Min. altitude (m):  2900
Max. altitude (m):  3370
Orientation (°)  240
Slope (°)  25

EVENT:  Date  /8/1843 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Ice avalanches
Description  
Effects:  
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
Note  

DAMAGES    

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

EVENT:  Date  31/8/1597 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Ice avalanches
Description  Village Eggen destroyed by an ice avalanche from Breithorn Mt. Leone Balmengletscher.
Effects:  
Deaths(#)  81
Injuried (#)  0
Note  It took 7 years for the ice deposits to melt away.

DAMAGES    

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

VAW, 2002 - Inventar von gefährlichen Gletschern in der Schweiz