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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. |
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. |
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. |
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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