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GLACIER "ALLALIN"
Risk type: ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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Type: |
Cirque glacier |
Country: |
Switzerland |
Region: |
Valais, Saastal |
Massif/Ice Cap: |
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Municipality: |
Saas Almagell |
Municipality code: |
3905 |
Location: |
Swiss coordinates: (639'000/100'000) |
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Latitude (°, cent): |
46,04 |
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Longitude (°, cent): |
7,93 |
Surface (km2): |
10 |
Lenght (km): |
7 |
Width (km): |
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Min. altitude (m): |
2400 |
Max. altitude (m): |
4190 |
Orientation (°) |
45 |
Slope (°) |
14 |
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EVENT: Date
//2000
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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Description |
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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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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
31/10/1999
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Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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Description |
160'000 m3 ice broke off at the same place as 1965. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1980
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier length changes |
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Description |
glacier ran over three water catchment from the Kraftwerke Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
30/8/1965
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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Description |
1 Mio. m3 ice fall on the consturction site of the Mattmark reservoir. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
88 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Röthlisberger, H. and Kasser, P., 0 - The readvance of the Allalingletscher after the ice avalanche of 1965. Proc. Int. Workshop on Mechanism of Glacier Variations, 30.9-11.10.1976 |
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EVENT: Date
//1920
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1850
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1839
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1837
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1834
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1828
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1827
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1816
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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Description |
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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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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1808
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1798
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1793
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1790
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
17/9/1772
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Glacier tongue dammed the river Saaser Vispa =>rupture of the lake. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1766
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1764
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1755
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1752
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1740
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1733
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1724
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1719
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1680
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
21/8/1633
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
Valley population had to migrate. |
Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1630
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1629
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1626
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark. |
Effects: |
Population from the Saastal had to migrate. |
Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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EVENT: Date
//1589
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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Description |
Rupture of the ice-dammed lake Mattmark |
Effects: |
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Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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VAW, 2002 - Inventar von gefährlichen Gletschern in der Schweiz |
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