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GLACIER "GRANDE DI VERRA"
Risk type: glacier length changes
Glacier list |
Statistics
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Type: |
Valley glacier |
Country: |
Italy |
Region: |
Aosta Valley |
Massif/Ice Cap: |
Monte Rosa |
Municipality: |
Ayas |
Municipality code: |
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Location: |
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Latitude (°, cent): |
45,94 N |
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Longitude (°, cent): |
7,76 E |
Surface (km2): |
7,282 |
Lenght (km): |
5,1 |
Width (km): |
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Min. altitude (m): |
2540 |
Max. altitude (m): |
4220 |
Orientation (°) |
180 |
Slope (°) |
18 |
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EVENT: Date
//1913
- Date quality: |
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Type: |
Ice avalanches |
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Description |
Fall of debris from medial moraine to the external side of the lateral one. |
Effects: |
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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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Monterin U., 1914 - Osservazioni sui Ghiacciai del Gruppo del Monte Rosa nel versante d'Ayas e di Gressoney. Bolle. Comitato Glac. It. Serie I, n. 1, p. 81-103. |
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EVENT: Date
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- Date quality:Middle Age |
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Type: |
Glacier length changes |
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Description |
Advance of glacier. |
Effects: |
Probable destruction of a village (?). |
Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
Note |
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DAMAGES |
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Type: |
 Buildings |
Description: |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Monterin U., 1936 - Il clima delle Alpi ha mutato in questa epoca storica? Boll. Comit. Glac. It. Serie I, n. 16, p. 57-107 |
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