Head of Quebrada Cojup, Peru

COLLECTION NAME:

Roger G. Barry Glacier Photographs Collection

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CUB~12~12

Roger G. Barry Glacier Photographs Collection

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Identifier:

nsidc_glacierPhotos_AGS_A_1954_QC1.tif

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nsidc_glacierPhotos_AGS_A_1954_QC1.tif

Identifier

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Identifier ARK:

https://ark.colorad…

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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/n5855m51w2zw

Identifier ARK

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Title:

Head of Quebrada Cojup, Peru

title

Head of Quebrada Cojup, Peru

Title

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Creator:

Ayres, Fred D., photographer

creator

Ayres, Fred D., photographer

Creator

false

Date:

1954 August

date

1954 August

Date

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Extent:

1 photoprint; 30.4 x 24.7 cm (12 x 9 3/4 inches) mat board; 17.8 x 12.7 cm (7 x 5 inches) image

extent

1 photoprint; 30.4 x 24.7 cm (12 x 9 3/4 inches) mat board; 17.8 x 12.7 cm (7 x 5 inches) image

Extent

false

Format:

photographs

format

photographs

Format

false

Format:

gelatin silver prints

format

gelatin silver prints

Format

false

Description:

Photograph number Q. Cohup No. 1.

description

Photograph number Q. Cohup No. 1.

Description

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Description:

Transcribed from item: Q. Cohup [sic] No. 1. Breakthrough in morainal dam of a glacial lake at the head of Quebrada Cohup [sic], above the town of Huaras [Huaraz], Cordillera Blanca, Peru. Source of the disastrous flood of December 13, 1941. (More than 1000 lives lost.) photo taken August 1954. F.D. Ayres. Coordinates confirmed in Google Earth based on location description.

description

Transcribed from item: Q. Cohup [sic] No. 1. Breakthrough in morainal dam of a glacial lake at the head of Quebrada Cohup [sic], above the town of Huaras [Huaraz], Cordillera Blanca, Peru. Source of the disastrous flood of December 13, 1941. (More than 1000 lives lost.) photo taken August 1954. F.D. Ayres. Coordinates confirmed in Google Earth based on location description.

Description

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Description:

Source: American Geographical Society/World Data Center-A for Glaciology.

description

Source: American Geographical Society/World Data Center-A for Glaciology.

Description

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Glacier Name:

Lake Palcacocha

glacier_name

Lake Palcacocha

Glacier Name

false

Glacier Latitude:

-9.39702

glacier_latitude

-9.39702

Glacier Latitude

false

Glacier Longitude:

-77.3803

glacier_longitude

-77.3803

Glacier Longitude

false

Coverage Spatial:

Palcacocha, Lake (Ancash, Peru, South America) (lake)

coverage

Palcacocha, Lake (Ancash, Peru, South America) (lake)

Coverage Spatial

false

Coverage Spatial:

Cordillera Blanca (Ancash, Peru, South America) (mountain range)

coverage

Cordillera Blanca (Ancash, Peru, South America) (mountain range)

Coverage Spatial

false

Subject:

Glaciers--Peru--Photographs

subject

Glaciers--Peru--Photographs

Subject

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Type:

StillImage

type

StillImage

Type

false

Language:

English

language

English

Language

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RelationLink:

NSIDC Glacier Photograph Collection link: https://nsidc.org/d…

relationlink

NSIDC Glacier Photograph Collection link: https://nsidc.org/data/g00472

RelationLink

false

RelationLink:

Bibliographic number: b10245128

relationlink

Bibliographic number: b10245128

RelationLink

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RelationLink:

For more information about the finding aid visit the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections.

relationlink

For more information about the finding aid visit the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections.

RelationLink

false

Citation:

Ayres, Fred D. 1954. Unknown Glacier: From the Glacier Photograph Collection. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.

citation

Ayres, Fred D. 1954. Unknown Glacier: From the Glacier Photograph Collection. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.

Citation

false

Rights:

This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

rights

This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

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MEDIA INFORMATION

Head of Quebrada Cojup, Peru