Little Ice Age and contemporary glacier extent in the Western and South-Western Piedmont Alps (North-Western Italy)

Figures & data

Figure 1. The Teleccio Glacier under the pyramidal peak of Torre del Gran San Pietro (3692 m), viewed looking North-East from the peak of Gran Carro (2961 m), in a drawing of 1850 by M. A. Relly (left) and in a 2003 photo by D. Cat Berro (right).

Table 1. Morphometric parameters of the LIA and 2006 glaciers. n.°: LIA and 2006 glacier codes. H_max: highest altitude. H_min: lowest altitude. S: surface. N.^o: CGI and WGI codes.

	Little Ice Age				2006					CGI	WGI
Glacier Name	N.°	H max (m)	H min (m)	S (km^2)	N.°	H max (m)	H min (m)	S (km^2)	Glacier Name (CGI)	N.°	N.°
Sengie Orientale Nord	1	3265	2635	0.322	–	–	–	–	Sengie Orientale	82	IT4L01052004
Sengie Orientale Sud	2	3290	2870	0.121	–	–	–	–	Sengie Orientale	82	IT4L01052004
Ciardoney	3	3295	2600	1.551	–	3110	2865	0.608	Ciardoney	81	IT4L01052003
Geri Ovest	4	3010	2550	0.486	–	–	–	–	Geri	85	IT4L01052002
Geri Est	5	2960	2565	0.148	–	–	–		Geri	85	IT4L01052002
Valsoera	6	3380	2800	0.595	6a	3210	3080	0.037	Valsoera	80	IT4L01051036-7
					6b	3170	3010	0.049	–	–	–
Teleccio	7	3460	2670	0.637	7a	3400	3220	0.046	Teleccio	79	IT4L01051035
					7b	3430	3050	0.388	–	–	–
Monte Nero	8	3460	2850	0.341	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Roccia Viva	9	3645	2585	0.968	–	3440	3010	0.403	Roccia Viva	78	IT4L01051033
Becchi	10	3170	2755	0.289	–	–	–	–	Becchi	84	IT4L01051032
Colle di Noaschetta Est	11	3010	2760	0.060	–	–	–	–	Colle Noaschetta	83	IT4L01051031
Colle di Noaschetta Ovest	12	3150	2905	0.096	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Losa	13	3210	2985	0.199	–	–	–	–	Losa	77	IT4L01051029
Becca di Gay	14	3595	3225	0.131	–	3550	3430	0.045	Becca di Gay	76	IT4L01051028
Gay	15	3530	2895	0.892	–	3500	3260	0.083	Gay	75	IT4L01051027
Noaschetta	16	3670	2720	3.992	16a	3430	3115	0.355	Noaschetta, Goi	71	IT4L01051023, IT4L01051024-5
					16b	3470	3110	0.454	–	–	–
					16c	3500	3180	0.524	–	–	–
					16d	3430	3240	0.115	–	–	–
Punta Ceresole	17	3690	3525	0.042	–	3670	3540	0.035	Punta Ceresole	74	not evaluated on WGI
Colle dell'Ape	18	3880	3600	0.058	–	3865	3650	0.035	Colle dell'Ape	73	not evaluated on WGI
Ciamousseretto Nord	19	3480	2990	0.531	–	3400	3110	0.321	Ciamousseretto	70	IT4L01051022
Ciamousseretto Sud	20	3190	2915	0.076	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Breuil Nord	21	3480	2805	0.617	21a	3210	3045	0.161	Breuil	69	IT4L01051020
					21b	3440	3160	0.038	–	–	–
Breuil Sud	22	2930	2620	0.203	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Porta Nord	23	3110	2705	0.372	–	–	–	–	Porta Nord	68	IT4L01051018
Porta Occidentale	24	3070	2810	0.232	–	–	–	–	Porta Occidentale	67	IT4L01051017
Mare Percia	25	3270	2820	0.391	–	–	–	–	Mare Percia	66	IT4L01051016
Punta Fourà	26	3250	2970	0.417	–	–	–	–	Punta Fourà Meridionale	65	IT4L01051015
Basei	27	3320	2635	0.875	–	3310	2945	0.274	Basei	64	IT4L01051013
Losa	28	3100	2510	0.528	28a	2995	2830	0.104	Losa	62	IT4L01051011
					28b	2990	2950	0.004	–	–	–
Capra	29	3005	2345	0.474	–	2860	2430	0.250	Capra	61	IT4L01051010
Carro Occidentale	30	3320	2485	1.695	30a	3280	2920	0.315	Carro Occidentale	60	IT4L01051009
					30b	3050	2840	0.156	–	–	–
					30c	3040	2760	0.076	–	–	–
					30d	2940	2750	0.056	–	–	–
Carro Orientale	31	3235	2320	0.820	31a	2910	2650	0.179	Carro Orientale	59	IT4L01051006
					31b	3250	3090	0.023	–	–	–
Nel	32	3385	2370	3.068	–	3250	2730	1.427	Nel Occidentale, Nel Centrale	58-57	IT4L01051005
Levannetta	33	3010	2340	0.885	–	2850	2550	0.156	Levannetta	56	IT4L01451004
Col Perduto	34	3440	2535	0.346	–	–	–	–	Col Perduto	55	IT4L01051002
Forno	35	2990	2560	0.492	–	–	–	–	Forno	54	IT4L01051001
Barrouard	36	2710	2420	0.176	–	–	–	–	Barrouard	53	not evaluated on WGI
Levanna Orientale	37	3480	2665	1.128	37a	3440	3130	0.158	Levanna Orientale Sud, Nord	51-52	IT4L01463013, IT4L01463015
					37b	3280	3210	0.009	–	–	–
					37c	3460	3330	0.019	–	–	–
					37d	3230	2910	0.132	–	–	–
Talancia Girard	38	3070	2705	0.092	–	–	–	–	Talancia Girard	50	IT4L01463012
Martellot	39	3100	2340	0.316	39a	2910	2755	0.021	Martellot	49	IT4L01463011
					39b	2850	2600	0.041	–	–	–
Mulinet	40	3210	2320	1.197	40a	3040	2635	0.154	Mulinet Sud, Mulinet Nord	47-48	IT4L01463009, IT4L01463010
					40b	3060	2690	0.312	–	–	–
Bonneval Est	41	3145	3030	0.036	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bonneval Ovest	42	3260	2935	0.298	–	3200	3045	0.014	–	–	–
Bonneval Sud	43	3260	2950	0.281	43a	3155	3050	0.056	–	–	–
					43b	3110	3060	0.019	–	–	–
Sea	44	3670	2440	2.711	44a	3260	2740	0.753	Albaron di Sea, Tonini, Sea	44-45-46	IT4L01463001, IT4L01463002, IT4L01463003
					44b	3675	3450	0.040	–	–	–
					44c	3620	3520	0.020	–	–	–
					44d	3400	3200	0.030	–	–	–
					44e	3410	3245	0.147	–	–	–
					44f	3250	3000	0.126	–	–	–
Ciamarella	45	3460	2770	1.179	–	3410	3090	0.659	Ciamarella	43	IT4L01462007
Collerin d'Arnas	46	3480	2495	2.114	46a	3315	3090	0.066	Collerin d'Arnas, Pian Gias	42-41	IT4L01462006, IT4L01462005
					46b	3460	3020	0.209	–	–	–
					46c	3100	3060	0.004	–	–	–
					46d	2950	2810	0.053	–	–	–
Bessanese	47	3220	2565	1.750	47a	3160	2810	0.309	Bessanese	40	IT4L01462004
					47b	2840	2670	0.079	–	–	–
Collarin Ovest	48	3020	2805	0.265	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Collarin Est	49	2990	2720	0.351	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Servin	50	2910	2520	0.515	–	–	–	–	Servin	39	IT4L01462001
Croce Rossa Inferiore	51	3085	2700	0.407	–	–	–	–	Croce Rossa	38	IT4L01461010
Croce Rossa Superiore	52	3565	3155	0.117	–	3550	3340	0.070	Croce Rossa	38	IT4L01461010
Altare	53	3210	2860	0.224	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pera Ciaval	54	3220	2900	0.568	54a	3170	3075	0.012	Pera Ciaval	37	IT4L01461008
					54b	3060	2995	0.007	–	–	–
Bertà	55	3260	2715	0.994	55a	3200	2975	0.071	Bertà	36	IT4L01461007
					55b	3160	2900	0.024	–	–	–
Rocciamelone	56	3510	2570	1.374	56a	3255	3100	0.060	Rocciamelone	35	IT4L01461002
					56b	3260	3110	0.166	–	–	–
					56c	3275	3050	0.060	–	–	–
					56d	3390	3320	0.018	–	–	–
Savine Orientale	57	3260	2990	0.212	–	–	–	–	Savine Orientale	31	IT4L01471007
Muttet	58	3300	2900	0.510	–	–	–	–	Muttet	30	IT4L01471006
Agnello	59	3290	2700	1.753	–	3200	3010	0.089	Agnello	29	IT4L01471004
Punta Sommeiller Est	60	3180	2990	0.058	–	–	–	–	Punta Sommeiller	28	IT4L01471003
Punta Sommeiller Ovest	61	3315	2900	0.238	–	–	–	–	Punta Sommeiller	28	IT4L01471003
Galambra	62	3180	2610	0.697	–	–	–	–	Galambra	26	IT4L01471002
Vallonetto	63	3170	2890	0.328	–	–	–	–	Vallonetto	25	IT4L01472002
Fourneaux	64	3135	2785	0.559	–	–	–	–	Fourneaux	27	IT4L01472001
Boucher	65	3070	2790	0.257	–	–	–	–	Boucher	24	not evaluated on WGI
Due Dita	66	3010	2440	0.070	–	–	–	–	Due Dita (Visolotto)	23	IT4L01481004
Coolidge Inferiore	67	3070	2350	0.215	–	–	–	–	Coolidge Inferiore	22	IT4L01481003
Coolidge Superiore	68	3720	3030	0.087	–	3280	3140	0.023	Coolidge Superiore	20	IT4L01481003
Viso Nord-Est	69	2850	2470	0.382	–	–	–	–	Viso Nord-Est	21	IT4L01481002
Punta Dante	70	3065	2965	0.041	–	–	–	–	Punta Dante	19	IT4L01482008
Sella	71	3410	3275	0.033	–	–	–	–	Sella	18	IT4L01482007
Viso	72	3450	3020	0.119	–	–	–	–	Viso	17	IT4L01482006
Quarnero	73	3350	3275	0.053	–	–	–	–	Quarnero	16	IT4L01482005
Caprera	74	3040	2705	0.120	–	2930	2805	0.025	Caprera	15	IT4L01482004
Vallanta Inferiore	75	3245	2750	0.268	–	2980	2765	0.057	Cadreghe, Vallanta Basso	12-13	IT4L01482002
Vallanta Superiore	76	3740	3220	0.136	–	3670	3450	0.028	Vallanta Superiore	14	IT4L01482003
Ubac	77	2920	2600	0.068	–	–	–	–	Ubac	10	IT4L01323004
Schiantala	78	2820	2530	0.160	–	–	–	–	Schiantala	9	not evaluated on WGI
La Madre di Dio	79	2745	2175	0.217	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cessole	80	2730	2350	0.128	–	–	–	–	Cessole	8	IT4L01312016
Lourousa	81	3200	2390	0.140	–	–	–	–	Lourousa	7	IT4L01312015
Baus	82	2860	2555	0.109	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brocan Ovest	83	2900	2625	0.109	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brocan Est	84	2760	2350	0.208	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Agnel Ovest	85	2775	2460	0.054	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Agnel Est	86	2890	2320	0.146	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Valletta	87	2650	2500	0.035	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gelas Sud	88	2600	2410	0.073	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gelas Ovest	89	2980	2480	0.237	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ciafraion	90	3000	2620	0.273	–	–	–	–	Ciafraion	5	IT4L01312007
Gelas Est	91	2950	2525	0.503	–	–	–	–	Gelas	6	IT4L01312006
Muraion	92	2820	2450	0.103	–	–	–	–	Muraion	4	not evaluated on WGI
Maledia	93	2810	2600	0.110	–	–	–	–	Maledia	3	IT4L01312004
Peirabroc Ovest	94	2870	2620	0.054	–	–	–	–	–	–	IT4L01312003
Peirabroc Est	95	2750	2310	0.161	–	–	–	–	Peirabroc	2	IT4L01312002
Clapier	96	2870	2475	0.386	–	–	–	–	Clapier	1	IT4L01312001

Figure 2. The Levanna Orientale Glaciers viewed looking West from Barrouard (2856 m). The upper photo was taken in 1902 by C. Grosso, the lower photo by F. Rogliardo in 2011 (source: CGI archives).

Figure 3. The Capra Glacier viewed looking South-West from the Lago Serrù dam (2283 m). Left in a 1957 photo from CGI archives, right in a 2010 photo by G. Fioraso.

Figure 4. Comparison of the Coolidge Superiore Glacier extent (yellow dashed line) between around 1925 (left, CGI archives) and 2012 (right, photo by G. Fioraso), viewed looking SSE from Pian del Re (2013 m).