Bergamasque Alps and Prealps
Alpi e Prealpi Bergamasche
Pizzo Coca - view from Pizzo Redorta
Highest point
PeakPizzo Coca
Elevation3,050 m (10,010 ft)
ListingMountain ranges of Italy
Coordinates46°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
CountryItaly
RegionLombardy
ProvincesBergamo, Sondrio, Lecco, Brescia
Parent rangeAlps
Borders onWestern Rhaetian Alps, Southern Rhaetian Alps, Brescia and Garda Prealps, Lugano Prealps and Po plain
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny
Type of rockSedimentary 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 Coca3,05010,007
Corno Stella2,6208,596
Pizzo Recastello2,8869,475
Monte Legnone2,6098,563
Pizzo Tre Signori2,5548,379
Pizzo Arera2,5128,241
Presolana2,5118,239
Pizzo Camino2,4928,224
Grigna2,4107,907
Monte Resegone1,8756,155
Canto Alto1,1463,760

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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