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GLACIER "STORGJUVBREEN"
Risk type: miscellaneous

Glacier list | Statistics
 

Type:  Valley glacier
Country:  Norway
Region:  Oppland
Massif/Ice Cap:  
Municipality:  Lom
Municipality code:  
Location:  In Jotunheimen, north of Norways highest mountain peak, Galdhopiggen (2469 m asl.)
 
Latitude (°, cent):  61.645 N
Longitude (°, cent):  8.281 E
Surface (km2):  4.48
Lenght (km):  4.3
Width (km):  
Min. altitude (m):  1380
Max. altitude (m):  2240
Orientation (°)  360
Slope (°)  

EVENT:  Date  1/7/2001 -  Date quality:months   

Type:  Accident mountaineering
Description  rockfall while two persons were walking beneath the moraineridge
Effects:  
Deaths(#)  
Injuried (#)  2
Note  F 30, M 35. participating in "71 grader nord"

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