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GLACIER "OTEMMA/CRÊTE SÈCHE"
Risk type: glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)

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Type:  Cirque glacier
Country:  Switzerland
Region:  Valais, Val de Bagnes
Massif/Ice Cap:  
Municipality:  Bagnes
Municipality code:  
Location:  Swiss coordinates: (698'000/87'000)
 
Latitude (°, cent):  45,96
Longitude (°, cent):  7,47
Surface (km2):  14
Lenght (km):  8
Width (km):  
Min. altitude (m):  2450
Max. altitude (m):  3770
Orientation (°)  225
Slope (°)  10

EVENT:  Date  17/7/1898 -  Date quality:   
Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  
Effects:  
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
Note  

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BIBLIOGRAPHY 

EVENT:  Date  25/6/1896 -  Date quality:   
Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  
Effects:  
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
Note  

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EVENT:  Date  18/6/1895 -  Date quality:   
Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  
Effects:  
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
Note  

DAMAGES    

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Mercanton, P, 1898 - Les débâcles au glacier de Crête Sèche. Jahrbuch des SAC, volume 34. Jahrgang: 265-274. SAC

EVENT:  Date  28/6/1894 -  Date quality:   
Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  Supraglacial lake formed at the former confluence of glacier de Crête Sèche and Otemma. 1 Mio m3 water burst out.
Effects:  
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
Note  

DAMAGES    

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

VAW, 2002 - Inventar von gefährlichen Gletschern in der Schweiz