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Cordillera Vilcabamba | Rock avalanche deposit at Abra Salkantay

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View from Abra Salkantay (4630 m) in SE direction across the Salkantay Glacier bounded by pronounced lateral moraine ridges. The field of blocks in the foreground goes back to a landslide on 23 February 2020, when a huge chunk of rock and ice broke off from the S face of Nevado Salkantay. The same landslide also impacted Laguna Salkantaycocha, resulting in a catastrophic glacial lake outburst flood.

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on Wednesday 27 July 2022 by Martin Mergili
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