Pizzo Camino Explained

Pizzo Camino
Elevation M:2492
Location:Lombardy, Italy
Range:Bergamo Prealps
Map:Alps
Coordinates:45.9831°N 10.1772°W

Pizzo Camino (Pis Camì) is a mountain in the Bergamo Prealps, with a height of 2492m (8,176feet).

It belongs to the massif dividing the upper Val di Scleve from the upper Val Camonica, together with the Concarena and the Cimone della Bagozza. It is on the boundaries between the provinces of Brescia and Bergamo.

The summit is composed from limestone rocks, formed in the middle Triassic period from the former Tethys Ocean. The lower sides have instead a more sandstone-marl composition.

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Marazzi , Sergio . Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA . Priuli & Verlucca . 2005 . Italian . 978-88-8068-273-8 .