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GLACIER "PATRI; PENE BLANCHE"
Risk type: glacier flood and ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Cirque glacier |
| Country: |
Italy |
| Region: |
Aosta Valley |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
Gran Paradiso |
| Municipality: |
Cogne |
| Municipality code: |
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| Location: |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
45.55 N |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
7.35 E |
| Surface (km2): |
0.616 |
| Lenght (km): |
1.15 |
| Width (km): |
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| Min. altitude (m): |
2855 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
3535 |
| Orientation (°) |
315 |
| Slope (°) |
31 |
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EVENT: Date
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- Date quality:800 circa |
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| Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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| Description |
Emptying of internal water pocket.
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Effects: |
Destruction (probable) of Erfolet village. |
| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
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DAMAGES |
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| Type: |
Buildings |
Description: Destruction (probable) of Erfolet village. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Beschel R., 1958 - Ricerche lichenometriche sulle morene del Gruppo del Gran Paradiso. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, n.s., LXV(3), p. 538-591.
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Druetti A., 1897 - Ricerche sui fenomeni glaciali nel Gruppo del Gran Paradiso. Boll. Club Alpino It. XXX, n. 63, p. 295-321 |
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EVENT: Date
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- Date quality:1933 o 1934 |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
An ice and snow avalanche detached from the hanging tongue of glacier, and, passing below the Money huts, reached Valnonety stream. |
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Effects: |
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| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
On 24th August 1934 the snow accumulation cone was still several meters thick near Valnontey stream. |
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DAMAGES |
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None |
Description: |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Peretti L., 1935 - Relazione sulla Campagna Glaciologica 1935 Boll. Comitato Glac. It. Serie I, n. 15, p. 163 |
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