Bergamasque Alps and Prealps

Bergamasque Alps and Prealps
Alpi e Prealpi Bergamasche

Pizzo Coca - view from Redorta
Highest point
Peak Pizzo Coca
Elevation 3,050 m (10,010 ft)
Coordinates 46°47′10″N 10°00′42″E / 46.78611°N 10.01167°E / 46.78611; 10.01167Coordinates: 46°47′10″N 10°00′42″E / 46.78611°N 10.01167°E / 46.78611; 10.01167
Geography

Bergamasque Alps and Prealps (section nr.29) within Eastern Alps

Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Bergamo, Sondrio, Lecco, Brescia
Parent range Alps
Borders on
Geology
Orogeny Alpine orogeny
Type of rock Sedimentary rocks, especially in the southernmost area[1]

The Bergamasque Alps and Prealps (Alpi e Prealpi Bergamasche in Italian) are a mountain range in the southern part of the Alps. They are located in Lombardy, in the northern part of Italy.

Geography

Administratively the range belongs to the Italian province of Bergamo and, marginally, to the provinces of Sondrio, Lecco and Brescia.

The western slopes of the mountains are drained by the Adda, the central and western part of the range by Oglio and other minor rivers and streams, all of them tributaries of the Po .

SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:[2]

Borders

Bergamasque Alps and Prealps' borders are (clockwise):

Subdivision

The Bergamasque Alps and Prealps are subdivided in two subsections:[2]

which are divided by some secondary valleys of Val Brembana, Val Seriana and Val Camonica: Valsassina, Valtorta, Val Secca, Valcanale, Val Nembo, Val di Scalve and Val Paisco.

Notable summits

Monte Resegone, in the Bergamasque Prealps

Some notable summits of the range are:

Namemetresfeet
Pizzo Coca 3,050 10,007
Corno Stella 2,620 8,596
Pizzo Recastello 2,886 9,475
Monte Legnone 2,609 8,563
Pizzo Tre Signori 2,554 8,379
Pizzo Arera 2,512 8,241
Presolana 2,511 8,239
Pizzo Camino 2,492 8,224
Grigna 2,410 7,907
Monte Resegone 1,875 6,155
Canto Alto 1,146 3,760

References

  1. ↑ VV. AA. (2002). Bergamo e provincia (in Italian). Touring Club Italiano. p. 19.
  2. 1 2 Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.

Maps

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