1993 Üzengili avalanche

A slide struck the village of Üzengili, in the Bayburt province of north-eastern Turkey, on 18 January 1993. TRT Haber reports 59 people killed.

Date

1993-01-18

Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)

59

What the pin marks

Üzengili, the village the avalanche struck, as the cited page positions it.

Where the position is published

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Bayburt_%C3%9Czengili_avalanche

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: turkey, bayburt, village

Coordinates: 40.4985, 40.3851

Part of Avalanches that killed 50 or more people since 1900

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