Bergamasque Prealps

Bergamasque Prealps
Prealpi Bergamasche

Mount Concarena - view from Naquane Val Camonica
Highest point
Peak Mount Concarena
Elevation 2,549 m (8,363 ft)
Coordinates 46°00′00″N 10°16′46″E / 46.00000°N 10.27944°E / 46.00000; 10.27944Coordinates: 46°00′00″N 10°16′46″E / 46.00000°N 10.27944°E / 46.00000; 10.27944
Geography
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Bergamo, Lecco, Brescia
Parent range Bergamasque Alps and Prealps
Borders on Bergamo Alps, Lugano Prealps, Brescia and Garda Prealps and Po plain
Geology
Orogeny Alpine orogeny
Type of rock Sedimentary rocks[1]

The Bergamasque Prealps (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 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 subsection, classified in the following way:[2]

Borders

The Bergamo Prealps stretch between Lake Como (west) and Lake Iseo (east). They are separated from the Bergamo Alps (north) 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. Towards south they end with the Po plain.

Subdivision

The Bergamasque Prealps are subdivided into three supergroups:[2]

Notable summits

Monte Resegone, in the western part of the range

Some notable summits of the range are:

Namemetres
Concarena 2,549
Presolana 2,521
Pizzo Arera 2,512
Pizzo Camino 2,492
Grigna 2,410
Monte Resegone 1,875
Monte Pora 1,880
Canto Alto 1,146

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

See also

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