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Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italian pronunciation: [korˈtiːna damˈpɛttso]; Ladin: Anpezo, Ampëz; historical Austrian German: Hayden) sometimes abbreviated to simply Cortina, is a town and comune in the heart of the southern Alps in the province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy.
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Marmolada (Ladin: Marmolèda; German: Marmolata, pronounced [maʁmoˈlaːta] ⓘ) is a mountain in northeastern Italy and the highest mountain of the Dolomites (a section of the Alps). It lies between the borders of Trentino and Veneto. The Marmolada is an ultra-prominent peak (Ultra), known as the "Queen of the
The Dolomites (Italian: Dolomiti [doloˈmiːti]), [1] also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range in northeastern Italy. They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley ( Pieve di Cadore ) in the east.
Some of the world's most famous glaciers, including in the Dolomites in Italy, the Yosemite and Yellowstone parks in the United States and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania are set to disappear by ...
The dolomites of the Frenchman Mountain Dolostone distinctly differ in both lithology and weathering characteristics from the limestones and dolomites of the underlying Muav Limestone. Typically, limestones and dolomites at the top of the Muav Limestone are darker and more resistant to erosion than those at the base of the Frenchman Mountain ...
The Pala group (also known as Pale di San Martino) is the largest massif of the Dolomites, with about 240 km 2 of surface, located between eastern Trentino and Veneto (province of Belluno), in the area between Primiero (valleys of Cismon, Canali, Travignolo), Valle del Biois (Falcade, Canale d'Agordo) and Agordino.
The phone’s screen saver was the first sign that something was wrong. When Jason Egle plugged the device in and fell asleep at his parents’ New Orleans-area home in the predawn hours of Oct ...