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GLACIER "AURONA"
Risk type: ice avalanches

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Type:  Ice sheet
Country:  Italy
Region:  Piemonte
Massif/Ice Cap:  Monte Leone
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Latitude (°, cent):  6.085 N
Longitude (°, cent):  8.09078 E
Surface (km2):  1.17
Lenght (km):  2.3
Width (km):  0.2
Min. altitude (m):  2360
Max. altitude (m):  3385
Orientation (°)  315
Slope (°)  24

EVENT:  Date  // -  Date quality:1970s   

Type:  Ice avalanches
Description  Between 1970 and 1975 an ice avalanche run on the glacier. The exact place and the type of detachement that origined the avalanche is unknown; probably it should have taken place from the border ridge (Italy-Switzerland), which is covered by transfluent ice from Switzerland. The avalanche path (about 1 km long and 150 m wide) is well recognizable in an aerial photograph of 1975. It involved ice, snow, debris and glacial sediments, and probably its volume was about 5000 m3.
Effects:  No damages were reported.
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Regione Piemonte, SUPSI, Ist. Scienze della Terra., 2002 - Rapporto finale. Proposta di una metodologia di analisi e di studio inerente i processi di instabilità dei versanti da sperimentarsi nel bacino dell'alto Toce e della Maggia. Interreg II, Italia - Confederazione Elvetica. Azione 5.