Bergamasque Alps and Prealps
The Bergamasque Alps and Prealps 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 the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:
Bergamasque Alps and Prealps' borders are :
The Bergamasque Alps and Prealps are subdivided in two subsections:
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
Some notable summits of the range are:
Name | metres | feet |
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 |
Maps
- Italian official cartography ; on-line version: