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GLACIER "RUTOR"
Risk type: glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Ice sheet |
| Country: |
Italy |
| Region: |
Aosta Valley |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
Rutor |
| Municipality: |
La Thuile |
| Municipality code: |
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| Location: |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
45,51 N |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
7,01 E |
| Surface (km2): |
9,54 |
| Lenght (km): |
4,78 |
| Width (km): |
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| Min. altitude (m): |
2504 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
3460 |
| Orientation (°) |
360 |
| Slope (°) |
6 |
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EVENT: Date
//1933
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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| Description |
Outburst of 100.000 cubic meters of water from "Lago Nuovo" and "Lago Nuovissimo" (proglacial lakes), probably during late autumn. |
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Effects: |
Water flew into Lago del Rutor, that increased a little bit its level, then along Rutor river, but without causing any damage. |
| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
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DAMAGES |
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| Type: |
None |
Description: |
| Type: |
None |
Description: |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Peretti L., 1935 - L'evoluzione di alcuni laghi marginali del Ghiacciaio del Rutor (Valle D'Aosta). Boll. Soc. Geol. It. N.54, p.67-74 |
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EVENT: Date
/9/1864
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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| Description |
Emptying of Lago S. Margherita: the water flow covered a distance of about 30 km in 8-10 days. |
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Effects: |
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| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
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DAMAGES |
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| Type: |
None |
Description: |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Carrel G., 1867 - Le Lac du Rutor. Boll. Club Alpino It. N. 2, p. 400-403. |
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EVENT: Date
/8/1751
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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| Description |
Emptying of Lago S. Margherita. Outburst of about 5 mio m3 in 6-7 hours, covering a distance of about 30 km. |
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Effects: |
Destruction of some buildings. |
| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
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DAMAGES |
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| Type: |
Buildings |
Description: |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Sacco F., 1917 - I ghiacciai ed i laghi del Ruitor. Boll. Soc. Geol. It. N.36, p.1-36. |
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EVENT: Date
//
- Date quality:1430-1680 (at least 12 events) |
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| Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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| Description |
Emptying of Lago S. Margherita. Outburst of about 5 mio m3 in some hours, covering a distance of about 30 km.
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Effects: |
Destruction of some buildings. |
| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
The phoenomenon occurred in four consecutive years in 1594, 1595, 1596, 1597; Carlo Emanuele I, duke of Savoia, entrusted a research to two engineers, in order to find solutions to this problem. The engineer Giacomo Soldati, proposed to buils a dam under the lake, that would have held all the flood-water from the lake (till 4 mio m3); the swiss engineer Tubinger proposed to build a tunnel 400 m long through the mountain, that would have drained water from the bottom of the lake, preventing its formation. But both this solutions were not applied, because of high costs. So outbursts continued... |
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DAMAGES |
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| Type: |
Buildings |
Description: |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Baretti M., 1880 - Il lago del Rutor (Alpi Graie Settentrionali) Boll. Club Alpino It. N.14 (41), p. 43-95. |
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Fantoli A., 1928 - I laghi glaciali e gli impianti alpini L'Energia Elettrica, anno 6, vol. 5 (2), p. 231. |
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