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Gietro Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

The Gietro Glacier, also called the Gietroz Glacier, is a valley glacier about 4 kilometers long in southwestern Switzerland. The 1818 Gietro Glacier catastrophe, in which an ice dam failure triggered a lake outburst flood, ranks among the worst disasters in the history of the Swiss Alps. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Glaciation, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Gietro Glacier

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Glaciology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Gietro Glacier
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Gietro Glacier (Wikipedia)
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The Giétro Glacier or Giétroz Glacier (French: Glacier du Giétro) is a 4 km (2.5 mi) long valley glacier located in south-western Switzerland.
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