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GLACIER "CHARPOUA"
Risk type: ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Cirque glacier |
| Country: |
France |
| Region: |
Haute Savoie |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
Mont Blanc |
| Municipality: |
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| Location: |
It’s an affluent of the Mer de Glace on the right bank (with no junction with the "Mer de Glace"), located downstream from the confluence between the glacier of the Tacul and the glacier of Leschaux |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
45,55 |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
6,949 |
| Surface (km2): |
0,5 |
| Lenght (km): |
1,6 |
| Width (km): |
0,3 |
| Min. altitude (m): |
2400 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
3300 |
| Orientation (°) |
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| Slope (°) |
29 |
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EVENT: Date
28/9/1997
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
a serac fall happened again. Ice blocks came from the front of the glacier, and the volume has been estimated at 40.000 or 60.000 m3 (see the opposite picture ) |
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Effects: |
1 death, a mountaineer who was on the path to the shelter |
| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
For this second event , the quality of the information is very good, since the P.G.H.M. went to the scene of the accident immediately, and could therefore have noted precise information |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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PGHM Chamonix, 0 - adjudant Oustry |
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R.T.M Annecy, 0 - Archives du service |
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EVENT: Date
1/5/1997
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
a serac fall happened, with a volume of about 50.000 m3 |
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Effects: |
no damages |
| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
the global information is medium, because this area is not frequented a lot during this time of the year |
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