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Monte Ferra
Mount Ferra (3094 m) is a mountain in the Cottian Alps, rising in Italian territory in the upper Varaita Valley, in the province of Cuneo, between the towns of Bellino and Pontechianale. Features It lies on the ridge separating the Fiutrusa valley to the north from the Bellino Varaita valley to the south. This ridge breaks away from the main alpine watershed at Mt. Salza, and descends in a south-southeast direction to the Fiutrusa Pass (2858 m); from there it ascends in a southeast direction to the Fiutrusa Peak (3068 m). From this point, it makes an arc with the concavity to the southwest, first heading approximately eastward to elevation 3048, then southeast and south-southeast to the summit of Mount Ferra. From there the ridge makes a second, similar arc, which takes it in an east then southeast trend first to elevation 2992, from where it straightens out and proceeds in an east-northeast trend to the Bondormir pass (2651 m) and elevation 2753, where it bends southeast to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alps
The Alps () are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. The Alpine arch extends from Nice on the western Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean to Trieste on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Vienna at the beginning of the Pannonian Basin. The mountains were formed over tens of millions of years as the African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided. Extreme shortening caused by the event resulted in marine sedimentary rocks rising by thrust fault, thrusting and Fold (geology), folding into high mountain peaks such as Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn. Mont Blanc spans the French–Italian border, and at is the highest mountain in the Alps. The Alpine region area contains 82 peaks higher than List of Alpine four-thousanders, . The altitude and size of the range affect the climate in Europe; in the mountain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fault (geology)
In geology, a fault is a Fracture (geology), planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of Rock (geology), rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements. Large faults within Earth's crust (geology), crust result from the action of Plate tectonics, plate tectonic forces, with the largest forming the boundaries between the plates, such as the megathrust faults of subduction, subduction zones or transform faults. Energy release associated with rapid movement on active faults is the cause of most earthquakes. Faults may also displace slowly, by aseismic creep. A ''fault plane'' is the Plane (geometry), plane that represents the fracture surface of a fault. A ''fault trace'' or ''fault line'' is a place where the fault can be seen or mapped on the surface. A fault trace is also the line commonly plotted on geological maps to represent a fault. A ''fault zone'' is a cluster of parallel faults. However, the term is also used for the zone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istituto Geografico Militare
The ''Istituto Geografico Militare'' (IGM), or Military Geographic Institute, is an Italian public organization, dependent on the Italian Army general staff (''Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito''). It is the national mapping agency for Italy.History and general information about the IGM Overview Its headquarters are in via Cesare Battisti,Florence
Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025.
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Gian Carlo Grassi
Gian Carlo Grassi (Condove, October 14, 1946 - Monte Bove, April 1, 1991) was an Italy, Italian Mountaineering, mountaineer and mountain guide. He was a pioneer of ice climbing in Italy in the 1980s, making many first ascents among Waterfall, waterfalls and in high mountains. Biography Originally from Val di Susa, in the 1970s he was part of the Mountaineering#"New Morning", “New Morning” movement, where he associated with, among others, and Danilo Galante. These were the years of climbing routes in Orco Valley, on the Caporal and the Sergent, and bouldering on Erratic block, erratic blocks in the lower Val di Susa. Towards the end of the 1970s, Grassi became passionate about the emerging discipline of icefall climbing and soon became a leading figure. Grassi also succeeded in applying ice climbing techniques to high mountains, becoming a specialist in climbing so-called ''phantom couloirs'', gullies where snow and ice create a climbable route only in winter. During these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
