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GLACIER "JOSTEDALSBREEN (S)"
Risk type: glacier length changes, glacier flood and ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Cirque glacier |
| Country: |
Norway |
| Region: |
Sogn & Fjordane |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
Jostedalsbreen |
| Municipality: |
Luster |
| Municipality code: |
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| Location: |
At the northern part of the Jostedalsbreen ice cap, between Lodalsbreen in west and Stegholtbreen in east |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
61.77 N |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
7.274 E |
| Surface (km2): |
2.69 |
| Lenght (km): |
2.2 |
| Width (km): |
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| Min. altitude (m): |
1470 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
1900 |
| Orientation (°) |
180 |
| Slope (°) |
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EVENT: Date
29/7/2001
- Date quality:days |
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| Type: |
Accident mountaineering |
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| Description |
fell 10-12 m into crevasse. |
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Effects: |
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| Deaths(#) |
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Injuried (#) |
1 |
| Note |
male. happened on hard ice after rain. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
14/8/1979
- Date quality:days |
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| Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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| Description |
Jostedøla, SF. Extreme flood |
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Effects: |
Extreme rainfall and glacier melt |
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EVENT: Date
1/1/1966
- Date quality:years |
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| Type: |
Glacier length changes |
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| Description |
Calving - Sørfold/Dalavatn. Ice calving resulted in a huge wave, that swept over the shore on the opposite side of the lake. |
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Effects: |
Several farms were seriously damaged. |
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| Note |
Ref: Unmarked note from permen "Isras". "Glacier_name" was not listed in my papers, so "Jostedalsbreen (S)" is just a wild guess... |
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