Sacco, born in Fossano (Italy), worked as professor of geology and later as director at the Politecnico di Torino. He was also a member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino and president of the Committee for Glaciology in Italy and of the Italian Alpine Club CAI. He wrote about 600 papers on geomorphology and paleontology, including several monographs on glaciers. He was also very interested in speleology.

Terrain model made by Sacco (details on Swiss Relief Catalogue)

• Apuan Alps

[1] This article bases on Mair, Toni. Grieder, Susanne. Das Landschaftsrelief – Symbiose von Wissenschaft und Kunsthandwerk. Mit Schweizer Reliefkatalog. Verlag hier+jetzt. Baden, Schweiz. 2006. S.167.

See also: Federico Sacco (Italian Wikipedia)