Bergamasque Alps | |
Other Name: | Bergamo Alps |
Country: | Italy |
Subdivision1 Type: | Provinces |
Subdivision2 Type: | Region |
Parent: | Bergamasque Alps and Prealps |
Orogeny: | Alpine orogeny |
Highest: | Pizzo di Coca |
Elevation M: | 3050 |
Range Coordinates: | 46.0686°N 10.0117°W |
The Bergamasque Alps or Bergamo Alps (Italian: Alpi Orobie; sometimes translated into English as Orobic Alps) are a mountain range in the Italian Alps. They are located in northern Lombardy and named after the city Bergamo, south of the mountains. Within the Eastern Alps, the Alpine Club or AVE system places them within the Western Limestone Alps, while the SOIUSA system classifies them within the Southeastern Alps.
The main peaks of the Bergamasque Alps are:
Peak | Elevation | ||
---|---|---|---|
(m) | (ft) | ||
3,050 | 10,010 | ||
3,040 | 9,974 | ||
3,037 | 9,964 | ||
Pizzo Porola[1] | 2,981 | 9,780 | |
Dente di Coca | 2,924 | 9,593 | |
2,924 | 9,593 | ||
2,915 | 9,564 | ||
2,911 | 9,551 | ||
2,888 | 9,475 | ||
2,871 | 9,419 | ||
2,883 | 9,459 | ||
2,836 | 9,304 | ||
2,829 | 9,281 | ||
2,824 | 9,265 | ||
2,705 | 8,875 | ||
Monte Masoni | 2,663 | 8,737 | |
2,620 | 8,596 | ||
2,610 | 8,563 | ||
2,590 | 8,500 | ||
2,554 | 8,380 | ||
Monte Chierico | 2,535 | 8,317 | |
Pizzo del Becco | 2,507 | 8,225 | |
Pizzo Farno | 2,506 | 8,222 | |
Monte Madonnino | 2,502 | 8,209 | |
Monte Ponteranica | 2,378 | 7,802 | |
Monte Pegherolo | 2,369 | 7,772 | |
Cime di Lemma | 2,348 | 7,703 | |
Monte Cavallo | 2,323 | 7,621 | |
2,251 | 7,385 | ||
Pizzo Rotondo | 2,237 | 7,339 | |
Monte Avaro | 2,088 | 6,850 | |
Monte Cornagera | 1,312 | 4,304 | |
Corno Guazza | 1,270 | 4,170 | |
Monte Farno | 1,250 | 4,100 |
The main mountain passes of the Bergamasque Alps are:
Pass | Location | Type | Elevation (m/ft) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Passo di Val Morta or del Diavolo | Valle Seriana to Sondrio | footpath | 2,601 | 8,534 | |
Passo di Venina | Valle Brembana to Sondrio | footpath | 2,433 | 7,983 | |
Passo del Serio | Valle Seriana to Sondrio | footpath | 2,419 | 7937 | |
Passo del Venerocolo | Val di Scalve to Aprica | bridle path | 2,315 | 7,595 | |
Passo di Dordona | Valle Brembana to Sondrio | footpath | 2,080 | 6,824 | |
Bergamo to Morbegno | road | 1,985 | 6,513 | ||
Val di Scalve to Edolo | road | 1,819 | 5,968 | ||
Edolo to Sondrio | road | 1,181 | 3,875 | ||
Valleve to Tartano | footpath | 2,108 | 6,425 |