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GLACIER "PRA' SEC"
Risk type: glacier flood and ice avalanches

Glacier list | Statistics
 

Type:  Niche glacier
Country:  Italy
Region:  Aosta Valley
Massif/Ice Cap:  Monte Bianco
Municipality:  Courmayeur
Municipality code:  
Location:  
 
Latitude (°, cent):  45.88 N
Longitude (°, cent):  7 E
Surface (km2):  0.16
Lenght (km):  1
Width (km):  
Min. altitude (m):  2490
Max. altitude (m):  3260
Orientation (°)  180
Slope (°)  35

EVENT:  Date  1/8/1981 -  Date quality:   

Type:  
Description  Emptying of an internal water pocket.
Effects:  Destruction of a camping.
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
Note  

DAMAGES    

Type:  Buildings Description:

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

, - Dal Molin (personal communication).

EVENT:  Date  // -  Date quality:1930s   

Type:  Ice avalanches
Description  An ice avalanche occurred in the summer, probably during 1930’s.
Effects:  
Deaths(#)  0
Injuried (#)  0
Note  

DAMAGES    

Type:  None Description:

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Brocherel J., 1937 - Valanghe Le Vie d'Italia, febbraio 1937, Centro Turistico Italiano (Touring Club Italiano), p. 113.
Brocherel J., 1950 - Les avalanches en Vallée d'Aoste. Augusta Praetoria, 4, p. 221 - 236.