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Kolka–Karmadon rock ice slide

2002 CE · Russia, Asia · Disaster

Kolka–Karmadon rock ice slide
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The Kolka–Karmadon rock-ice slide occurred on the northern slope of the Mount Kazbek massif in North Ossetia–Alania on the evening of 20 September 2002, following a nearly total collapse of the Kolka Glacier.

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