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GLACIER "MJØLKEDALSBREEN"
Risk type: glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)

Glacier list | Statistics
 

Type:  Valley glacier
Country:  Norway
Region:  Oppland
Massif/Ice Cap:  Mjølkedalsbreen
Municipality:  Vang
Municipality code:  
Location:  Southern Jotunheimen, northwest of lake Bygdin, north of lake Tyin.
 
Latitude (°, cent):  61.428 N
Longitude (°, cent):  8.174 E
Surface (km2):  3.32
Lenght (km):  3.3
Width (km):  
Min. altitude (m):  1350
Max. altitude (m):  1940
Orientation (°)  135
Slope (°)  

EVENT:  Date  30/1/1937 -  Date quality:days   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Vinstra/Mjølkedøla at Mjølkedalen, OP Jøkull-hlaup from Øvre Mjølkedalsvatn volume 3 mill. m3.
Effects:  Erosion in bottom moraine
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EVENT:  Date  4/1/1936 -  Date quality:days   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Vinstra/Mjølkedøla at Mjølkedalen, OP Jøkull-hlaup from Øvre Mjølkedalsvatn. volume: 26 mill. m3.
Effects:  Erosion in bottom moraine
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EVENT:  Date  15/7/1932 -  Date quality:days   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Vinstra/Mjølkedøla at Mjølkedalen, OP Jøkull-hlaup from Øvre Mjølkedalsvatn volume: 3 mill. m3.
Effects:  Erosion in bottom moraine
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EVENT:  Date  14/11/1931 -  Date quality:days   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Vinstra/Mjølkedøla at Mjølkedalen, OP Jøkull-hlaup from Øvre Mjølkedalsvatn volume: 19 mill. m3.
Effects:  Erosion in bottom moraine
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EVENT:  Date  13/8/1929 -  Date quality:days   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Vinstra/Mjølkedøla at Mjølkedalen, OP. Jøkull-hlaup from Øvre Mjølkedalsvatn volume. 12 mill. m3.
Effects:  Erosion in bottom moraine
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EVENT:  Date  18/8/1927 -  Date quality:days   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Vinstra/Mjølkedøla at Mjølkedalen, OP. Jøkull-hlaup from Øvre Mjølkedalsvatn. Volume: 17 mill. m3.
Effects:  Erosion in bottom moraine
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EVENT:  Date  30/3/1925 -  Date quality:days   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Vinstra/Mjølkedøla at Mjølkedalen, OP. Jøkull-hlaup from Øvre Mjølkedalsvatn
Effects:  Erosion in bottom moraine. Volume: 25 mill. m3
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EVENT:  Date  3/8/1921 -  Date quality:days   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Vinstra/Mjølkedøla at Mjølkedalen, OP. Jøkull-hlaup from Øvre Mjølkedalsvatn. max. discharge: 500 m3/s. volume: 33 mill. m3. duration: 48 hours
Effects:  Erosion in bottom moraine
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Note  Liestøl 1956

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EVENT:  Date  2/8/1916 -  Date quality:days   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Vinstra/Mjølkedøla at Mjølkedalen, OP. Jøkull-hlaup from Øvre Mjølkedalsvatn. volume: 18 mill. m3.
Effects:  Erosion in bottom moraine
Deaths(#)  
Injuried (#)  
Note  Liestøl 1956

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EVENT:  Date  2/8/1899 -  Date quality:days   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Vinstra/Mjølkedøla at Mjølkedalen, OP. Jøkull-hlaup from Øvre Mjølkedalsvatn
Effects:  Erosion in bottom moraine
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EVENT:  Date  1/1/1894 -  Date quality:years   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Vinstra/Mjølkedøla at Mjølkedalen, OP. Jøkull-hlaup from Øvre Mjølkedalsvatn
Effects:  Erosion in bottom moraine
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EVENT:  Date  1/1/1879 -  Date quality:years   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Vinstra/Mjølkedøla at Mjølkedalen, OP. Jøkull-hlaup from Øvre Mjølkedalsvatn.
Effects:  Erosion in bottom moraine
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EVENT:  Date  1/1/1875 -  Date quality:years   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Vinstra/Mjølkedøla at Mjølkedalen, OP. Jøkull-hlaup from Øvre Mjølkedalsvatn
Effects:  Erosion in bottom moraine
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EVENT:  Date  1/1/1865 -  Date quality:years   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Vinstra/Mjølkedøla at Mjølkedalen, OP. Jøkull-hlaup from Øvre Mjølkedalsvatn.
Effects:  Erosion in bottom moraine
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EVENT:  Date  11/8/1855 -  Date quality:days   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Vinstra/Mjølkedøla at Mjølkedalen, OP. Jøkull-hlaup from Øvre Mjølkedalsvatn.
Effects:  Erosion in bottom moraine.
Deaths(#)  
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