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GLACIER "ROSSBODEN"
Risk type: ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Cirque glacier |
| Country: |
Switzerland |
| Region: |
Valais, Simplon |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
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| Municipality: |
Simplon |
| Municipality code: |
3907 |
| Location: |
Swiss coordinates: (644'000/114'500) |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
46,18 |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
8,01 |
| Surface (km2): |
2,5 |
| Lenght (km): |
3 |
| Width (km): |
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| Min. altitude (m): |
2000 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
3990 |
| Orientation (°) |
45 |
| Slope (°) |
33 |
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EVENT: Date
19/3/1901
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
Ice-snow-rock avalanche from summit of Fletschhorn (3788 m a.s.l). Mass of 2.5 to 3.0 mio m3. |
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Effects: |
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| Deaths(#) |
2 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
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DAMAGES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Coaz, J., 1910 - Statistik und Verbau der Lawinen in de Schweizer Alpen. Technical Report, Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern. |
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Schardt, H., 1903 - Avalanche du glacier du Rossboden (Simplon) Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 7(4):347-350. |
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