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Risk type: ice avalanches
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Type: |
Cirque glacier |
Country: |
Switzerland |
Region: |
Valais, Lötschental |
Massif/Ice Cap: |
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Municipality: |
Wiler (Lötschen) |
Municipality code: |
3918 |
Location: |
Swiss coordinates: (629'800/138'800) |
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Latitude (°, cent): |
46,4 |
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Longitude (°, cent): |
7,83 |
Surface (km2): |
1 |
Lenght (km): |
2 |
Width (km): |
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Min. altitude (m): |
3900 |
Max. altitude (m): |
2450 |
Orientation (°) |
315 |
Slope (°) |
36 |
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EVENT: Date
/2/1982
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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Description |
Breaking off of 15'000 m3 ice at the right tongue side triggered a combined snow-ice avalanche that reached the river Lonza. |
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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EVENT: Date
//1919
- 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 |
Soapstone quarry had to be closed because of avalanche danger. |
DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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VAW, 2002 - Inventar von gefährlichen Gletschern in der Schweiz |
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