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GLACIER "BELLEFACE"
Risk type: ice avalanches
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Type: |
Cirque glacier |
Country: |
Italy |
Region: |
Aosta Valley |
Massif/Ice Cap: |
Grivola |
Municipality: |
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Municipality code: |
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Location: |
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Latitude (°, cent): |
45.6 N |
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Longitude (°, cent): |
7.24 E |
Surface (km2): |
0.443 |
Lenght (km): |
0.85 |
Width (km): |
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Min. altitude (m): |
2950 |
Max. altitude (m): |
3910 |
Orientation (°) |
360 |
Slope (°) |
37 |
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EVENT: Date
/5/1889
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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Description |
A great ice boulder – volume of some hundreds cubic meters - fell from a glacieret (or a snow field?) on Grivola peak (3969 m), probably as a consequence of heavy rains on the glacier. |
Effects: |
The falling boulder swept away trees, and stopped close the church of Valsavarenche village, without damaging it. |
Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
On the southern flank of Grivola there are not glaciers (Valsavarenche), but Belleface glacier covered the northern flank (Cogne) till the boundary ridge with Valsavarenche, at that time. Probably the ice boulder should be detached from there. |
DAMAGES |
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Type: |
 Agricolture |
Description: |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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, 1889 - La Dora Baltea (local journal), May 31st 1889. |
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