The Calderone glacier was a mountain glacier in the Gran Sasso d'Italia massif of the Abruzzi Apennines in central Italy, sitting in a cirque just below the summit of Corno Grande, the highest peak in the Apennines. After fragmenting in 2000, it survives as two small glacierets between 2,650 and 2,830 metres elevation, among the last perennial ice bodies in the entire Apennine range, with glaciologists estimating they could disappear entirely by 2050.
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The Calderone glacier (Italian: Ghiacciaio del Calderone) was a historical mountain glacier located in the Gran Sasso d'Italia massif, in the Abruzzi Apennines, in central Italy.
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