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GLACIER "SABBIONE S"
Risk type: glacier flood and ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Ice sheet |
| Country: |
Italy |
| Region: |
Piemonte |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
Arbola |
| Municipality: |
Formazza |
| Municipality code: |
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| Location: |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
6.068 N |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
8.33745 E |
| Surface (km2): |
3.64 |
| Lenght (km): |
2.8 |
| Width (km): |
0.8 |
| Min. altitude (m): |
2465 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
3235 |
| Orientation (°) |
45 |
| Slope (°) |
10 |
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EVENT: Date
/9/1958
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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| Description |
Simultaneous ice falls from the left part of the snout. The total volume of ice detached was extimated in 400-450 m3 by technicians of the hydroelectric dam. |
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Effects: |
Big wave spreaded in the artificial lake of Sabbione, and the water overflowed the dam, but without causing any damage to structures and to the valley below. |
| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
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DAMAGES |
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| Type: |
None |
Description: |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Mazza A., Mercalli L., 1992 - Il ghiacciaio meridionale dell'Hohsand (alta Val Formazza): un secolo di evoluzione climatica e rapporti con la produzione idroelettrica. Oscellana, XXII (1), p. 30 - 43. |
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Silvestri P., 1967 - Relazione sulla Campagna Glaciologica 1966. Boll. Comitato Glac. It. Serie II, n. 14, p. 139-143 |
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EVENT: Date
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- Date quality:13-14/11/1953 |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
A part of the submerged snout of glacier (extimated volume of about 300.000 m3 of ice) breaked and floated in the lake. |
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Effects: |
Water level of the lake diminished of 5 cm. |
| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
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DAMAGES |
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| Type: |
None |
Description: |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Mazza A., Mercalli L., 1992 - Il ghiacciaio meridionale dell'Hohsand (alta Val Formazza): un secolo di evoluzione climatica e rapporti con la produzione idroelettrica. Oscellana, XXII (1), p. 30 - 43. |
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Silvestri P., 1964 - Relazione sulla Campagna Glaciologica 1964. Boll. Comitato Glac. It. Serie II, n. 14, p. 131-148 |
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