The Bergamasque Alps or Bergamo Alps (; sometimes translated into English as Orobic Alps) are a
mountain range
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in the
Italian
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Alps
The Alps () are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
...
. They are located in northern
Lombardy
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and named after the city
Bergamo
Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Lake Como, Como and Lake Iseo, Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Lake Garda, Garda and Lake ...
, south of the mountains. Within the
Eastern Alps
The Eastern Alps are usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley, up to the Splügen Pass at the Main chain of the Alps, Alpine divide, and down the Liro (Como), Liro River to Lake Como in the south. ...
, the
Alpine Club
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or AVE system places them within the
Western Limestone Alps, while the
SOIUSA Alps by SOIUSA.
SOIUSA (an acronym for - English: ''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps-ISMSA'') is a classification system of the Alps from the geographic and toponomastic point of view.
It was designed by Sergio Maraz ...
system classifies them within the Southeastern Alps.
Peaks
The main peaks of the Bergamasque Alps are:
Passes
The main
mountain pass
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es of the Bergamasque Alps are:
Gallery
File:Lagobarbellino3.jpg, Barbellino Lake
File:Cascatedelserio.JPG, Serio Falls
File:Vista su Valbondione 01.JPG, Valbondione, in the Park of the Bergamo Orobic Alps
File:Going through Prà de'Lac.jpg, Prà de'Lac
File:Pizzo Redorta 02.JPG, Redorta
File:Recastello3.jpg, Recastello
File:Recastello4.jpg, Recastello
File:Pizzo Coca.jpg, Pizzo Coca
File:Bergamasque Alps in Summer.jpg, View of Punta Scais peak from Gromo
File:Alpi Orobie d'estate.jpg, Bergamo Alps in Mid-summer
Panorama
File:Orobie.jpg, Winter panorama
Maps
* Italian official cartography (''
Istituto Geografico Militare
The ''Istituto Geografico Militare'' (IGM), or Military Geographic Institute, is an Italian public organization, dependent on the Italian Army general staff (''Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito''). It is the national mapping agency for Italy. '' - IGM); on-line version
www.pcn.minambiente.it
See also
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Bergamasque Prealps
The Bergamasque Prealps () are a mountain range within the Alps. The range is located in Lombardy, in the north of Italy.
Geography
Administratively the range belongs to the Italian province of Bergamo and, to a lesser extent, to the provinces o ...
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Lakes of Porcile
References
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Mountain ranges of the Alps
Central Alps
Mountain ranges of Italy
Mountains of Lombardy