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

Glacier list | Statistics
 

Type:  Outlet glacier
Country:  Norway
Region:  Glaciers south of Sognefjorden
Massif/Ice Cap:  Hardangerjøkulen
Municipality:  Eidfjord
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Location:  
 
Latitude (°, cent):  60.532 N
Longitude (°, cent):  7.377 E
Surface (km2):  17.1
Lenght (km):  8.1
Width (km):  
Min. altitude (m):  1020
Max. altitude (m):  1865
Orientation (°)  270
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EVENT:  Date  6/8/1998 -  Date quality:days   

Type:  Accident mountaineering
Description  Stumbled while walking in crampons and fell into a crevasse, depth about 10 m.
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Injuried (#)  1
Note  male, 22. participating in glacier course.

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EVENT:  Date  23/8/1938 -  Date quality:years   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  Jøkulhlaup from Demmevann. The flood started before the drainagetunnel was finished. The waterlevel was observed and compared to the height of the tunnel from 1899. XXxx - 0 m (1286) 0630 - 5 m (1281) 0930 - 25m (1261) 1320 - empty (1207) The drainage took place through a tunnel at the bottom of Demmevatn. The channel was closed by icepreassure and was totally closed october 28.
Effects:  Simadalen flooded
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EVENT:  Date  10/8/1937 -  Date quality:days   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Sima at Simadalen, HO. Jøkull-hlaup. Basin of 11,5 mill m3 drained in 3,5 hrs, -> mean waterdischarge of 900m3/s (Liestøl 1956). The drainagetunnel in the bottom of Demmevatnet had a diameter of 5 m.
Effects:  Flood
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EVENT:  Date  17/8/1897 -  Date quality:hours   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  Jøkulhlaup from Demmevatn. Waterlevel in Demmevann rised to above the height of glacier surface. Water drained over the glaciersurface and melted down into the ice and made a crevasse to the bottom of the glacier. The crevasse reached the bottom of the glacier september 12. after 26 days, and Demmevann was empty. This was probably the normal way of emptying before 1893 (Liestøl, 1956).
Effects:  Simadalen flooded. Mean discharge: 15 mill m3/s plus normal drainage to Demmevann (4 m3/s).
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EVENT:  Date  1/8/1893 -  Date quality:months   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  Jøkulhlaup from Demmevann
Effects:  Flood, Simadalen
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Note  basin: 35 mill. m3, drained in 24 hours. mean discharge 400 m3/s (Liestøl, 1956). Waterlevel ca 1310 moh (Rosendahl, 1938), ~ the same altitude as Demmevasshytta.

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EVENT:  Date  17/9/1861 -  Date quality:days   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  River Sima at Simadalen, HO. Flood damages
Effects:  Jøkull-hlaup from Demmevatn
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EVENT:  Date  1/1/1736 -  Date quality:years   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  Jøkulhlaup from Demmevann
Effects:  Simadalen flooded
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