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Giétro Glacier

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The Giétro Glacier or Giétroz Glacier (French: Glacier du Giétro) is a 4 km long valley glacier located in south-western Switzerland. The 1818 Giétro Glacier catastrophe, which led to a lake outburst flood, is one of the most famous and most disastrous historical cases in the Swiss Alps.

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Giétro Glacier
Val de Bagnes

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N 45.995 ° E 7.3883333333333 °
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Val de Bagnes


1934 Val de Bagnes
Wallis, Switzerland
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