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GLACIER "AURONA"
Risk type: ice avalanches
Glacier list |
Statistics
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Type: |
Ice sheet |
Country: |
Italy |
Region: |
Piemonte |
Massif/Ice Cap: |
Monte Leone |
Municipality: |
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Municipality code: |
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Location: |
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Latitude (°, cent): |
6,085 N |
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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 |
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EVENT: Date
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- Date quality:1970s |
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Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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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 |
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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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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. |
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