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GLACIER "BALMHORN"
Risk type: ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Cirque glacier |
| Country: |
Switzerland |
| Region: |
Bern, Kandertal |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
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| Municipality: |
Kandersteg |
| Municipality code: |
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| Location: |
Swiss coordinates: (619'000/143'600) |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
46,44 |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
7,69 |
| Surface (km2): |
1,7 |
| Lenght (km): |
2,3 |
| Width (km): |
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| Min. altitude (m): |
2050 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
3699 |
| Orientation (°) |
30 |
| Slope (°) |
34 |
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EVENT: Date
6/10/1985
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
Ice avalanche reach the valley bottom. |
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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
//1983
- 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
12/9/1973
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
Ice avalanche reach the valley bottom. River Kander dammed. |
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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
//1966
- 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
27/8/1966
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
Two major ice avalanches reach the valley bottom. Ice blocks deposited near the alpine club hut. |
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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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Röthlisberger, H., 1987 - Sliding phenomena in a steep section of Balmhorngletscher, Switzerland Journal of Geophysical Resarch, 92(B9):8999-9014 |
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EVENT: Date
//1934
- 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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VAW, 2002 - Inventar von gefährlichen Gletschern in der Schweiz |
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