Monte Toc
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Monte Toc is a mountain on the border between Veneto
and Friuli-Venezia Giulia
in Northern Italy
best known for the Vajont Dam
, which was built at the mountain's base in 1960.
On October 9, 1963, 260 million cubic metres of rock slid down the side of Mount Toc caused by a minor earth tremor and plunged into the reservoir created by the Vajont Dam at an estimated 100 mph, creating a seiche
250 metres high, that came over the dam wall and destroyed the town of Longarone
and its suburbs, killing almost 2,000 people (sources report death of 1,909 persons, of which 1,450 only in Longarone).
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...
and Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli–Venezia Giulia is one of the twenty regions of Italy, and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The capital is Trieste. It has an area of 7,858 km² and about 1.2 million inhabitants. A natural opening to the sea for many Central European countries, the region is...
in Northern Italy
Northern Italy
Northern Italy is a wide cultural, historical and geographical definition, without any administrative usage, used to indicate the northern part of the Italian state, also referred as Settentrione or Alta Italia...
best known for the Vajont Dam
Vajont Dam
The Vajont Dam is a disused dam, completed in 1959 in the valley of the Vajont river under Monte Toc, 100 km north of Venice, Italy...
, which was built at the mountain's base in 1960.
On October 9, 1963, 260 million cubic metres of rock slid down the side of Mount Toc caused by a minor earth tremor and plunged into the reservoir created by the Vajont Dam at an estimated 100 mph, creating a seiche
Seiche
A seiche is a standing wave in an enclosed or partially enclosed body of water. Seiches and seiche-related phenomena have been observed on lakes, reservoirs, swimming pools, bays, harbors and seas...
250 metres high, that came over the dam wall and destroyed the town of Longarone
Longarone
Longarone is a town and comune on the banks of the Piave in the province of Belluno, in North-East Italy. It is situated 35 kilometers from Belluno....
and its suburbs, killing almost 2,000 people (sources report death of 1,909 persons, of which 1,450 only in Longarone).