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GLACIER "LAUSON (GRAN SERTZ)"
Risk type: miscellaneous

Glacier list | Statistics
 

Type:  Cirque glacier
Country:  Italy
Region:  Aosta Valley
Massif/Ice Cap:  Gran Paradiso
Municipality:  Cogne
Municipality code:  
Location:  
 
Latitude (°, cent):  45.58 N
Longitude (°, cent):  7.28 E
Surface (km2):  0.461
Lenght (km):  1.05
Width (km):  
Min. altitude (m):  2955
Max. altitude (m):  3370
Orientation (°)  360
Slope (°)  15

EVENT:  Date  //1931 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Moraine collapse
Description  Collapses in the upper part of the right moraine, due to fossil-ice melting.
Effects:  
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
Note  

DAMAGES    

Type:  None Description:

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Dardanelli G. M., 1932 - Relazioni sulla campagna glaciologica 1931. Boll CGI,serie I, n. 12, p. 270