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GLACIER "HOMATTU, BALMEN"
Risk type: ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Niche glacier |
| Country: |
Switzerland |
| Region: |
Valais, Simplon |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
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| Municipality: |
Zwischbergen |
| Municipality code: |
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| Location: |
Swiss coordinates: (649'000/121'000) |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
46,24 |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
8,08 |
| Surface (km2): |
1 |
| Lenght (km): |
1 |
| Width (km): |
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| Min. altitude (m): |
2900 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
3370 |
| Orientation (°) |
240 |
| Slope (°) |
25 |
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EVENT: Date
/8/1843
- 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
31/8/1597
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
Village Eggen destroyed by an ice avalanche from Breithorn Mt. Leone Balmengletscher. |
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Effects: |
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| Deaths(#) |
81 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
It took 7 years for the ice deposits to melt away. |
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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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