Calderone glacier (Corno Grande - Gran Sasso - Italy)
by Nicola Morgantini, ARPA - Umbria (Italy) - Regional Environmental Protection Agency, Perugia, Italy
Calderone glacier view from normal route to Corno Grande East peak (2903 m asl). This glacier, the southernmost glacier of Europe, is subject to a marked retreat in the last decades. In background there is the Corno Grande West peak (2912 m asl, highest point of the Apennines range), formed by carbonate rocks.
Taken on 9
September
2018
Submitted on 22 Sep 2020
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- Europe (3513)
- Southern Europe (1515)
- Italy (382)
- Exact location (13.5696 E, 42.4730 N)
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glacier, mountains, calcium carbonate, apennines, glacier retreat
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Credit: Nicola Morgantini (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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