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GLACIER "COUPE' DI MONEY"
Risk type: ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Ice sheet |
| Country: |
Italy |
| Region: |
Aosta Valley |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
Gran Paradiso |
| Municipality: |
Cogne |
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| Location: |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
45,54 N |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
7,34 E |
| Surface (km2): |
1,897 |
| Lenght (km): |
2,25 |
| Width (km): |
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| Min. altitude (m): |
2670 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
3620 |
| Orientation (°) |
315 |
| Slope (°) |
24 |
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EVENT: Date
//1931
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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| Description |
A great collapse formed an accumulation of ice and debris, encumbering and damming the ground under the hanging snout of the glacier: as a consequence, a small ice-dammed lake formed.
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Effects: |
Formation of a small lake, that will be quickly filled in the following years. |
| 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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Peretti L., 1932 - Relazione sulla Campagna Glaciologica 1931. Bollettino del Comitato Glaciologico Italiano. Serie prima. N.12, p.271 |
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Peretti L., 1935 - I ghiacciai del gruppo del Gran Paradiso nella Valle della Grand'Eiva. Bollettino del Comitato Glaciologico Italiano. Serie prima. N.15, p. 119 |
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Peretti L., 1935 - Les lacs de barrage glaciaire et le vidage du Lac de Galambra. Revue de Géographie Alpine. XXIII, p. 643. |
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