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17-07-2005: From my 2005 video archive.
The Marmolada (called the Queen of the Dolomites), is a mountain group of the Eastern Alps (Dolomites) on the border between the province of Trento and the province of Belluno, the highest of the Dolomites itself, reaching the maximum altitude with Punta Penia (3,343 m), bounded to the east by Val Pettorina and to the west by Val di Fassa, with other important internal valleys in the group (from east to west): Val Contrin, Val di Grepa and Val San Nicolò. The Marmolada massif features a long ridge with numerous elevations, among which from west to east: Gran Vernel (3.205 m), Piccolo Vernèl (3.098 m), Punta Penia (3.343 m a.s.l.), Punta Rocca (3.309 m), Marmolada d'Ombretta (3.230 m), Marmolada di Serauta with Monte Serauta (3.069 m) and Piz Serauta (3.035 m). On the north side of the Marmolada massif extends the homonymous glacier, the largest in the Dolomites. While to the south, above Val Ombretta, rises the imposing silver wall, second only to the northwest of Monte Civetta. South of the main massif rise other important peaks such as: Cima Ombretta (3.011 m), Sasso Vernale (3.058 m), Sasso di Valfredda (3.009 m), Cima dell'Uomo (3.010 m), and the Cime d'Auta (2.622 m) above Falcade. At the base of the north slope, at an altitude of about 2,030 meters, is Lake Fedaia, about 2 km long. The lake is dammed to the west by an artificial concrete dam, with a maximum height of 60 meters and a crest length of 620. The dam has allowed, since 1956, the production of about 20 MW of hydroelectric power. In the eastern part of the lake the remains of a moraine dam mark the site of the pre-existing natural lake, about 180 meters long, which marked the border between the Prince-Bishopric of Bressanone (Austrian Empire) and the Republic of Venice. From Lake Fedaia originates the Avisio stream.
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