Monte Elto is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

Lombardy The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

. It is located within the

Bergamo Alps The Bergamasque Alps or Bergamo Alps (; 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 Easter ...

Toponym

According to some interpretations, the name Elto derives from the Venetian term ''Elt'' which means high.

Geography

Mount Elto is located on the western side of

Val Camonica Val Camonica or Valcamonica (), also Valle Camonica and anglicized as Camonica Valley, is one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, in eastern Lombardy, Italy. It extends about from the Tonale Pass to Corna Trentapassi, in the c ...

, north of the Concarena and in front of

mount Adamello Adamello (in local dialect ''Adamèl'') is a mountain in Lombardy, Italy. With an elevation of , it is the second highest peak of the Adamello-Presanella Alps. It is located in Valcamonica, Lombardy (Province of Brescia). Its glacier, measured ...

. Its territory belongs to the municipalities of Sellero and

Capo di Ponte Capo di Ponte ( Camunian: ) is an Italian comune in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy. Located above sea level, Capo di Ponte (en. "Head of Bridge") owes its name to an ancient settlement to the west of a bridge over the River Ogl ...

. The southern side is lapped by the Clegna stream, the northern one by the Allione stream. The Re di Sellero stream flows on the eastern side. All these waterways are tributaries of the

Oglio The Oglio (; or ; , ) is a left-side tributary of the river Po in Lombardy, Italy. It is long. In the hierarchy of the Po's tributaries, with its of length, it occupies the 2nd place per length (after the river Adda), while it is the 4th pe ...

. File:Panorama del Monte Elto - Cevo (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg, Monte Elto seen from

Cevo Cevo ( Camunian: ) is an Italian ''comune'' in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy. Neighbouring communes are Saviore dell'Adamello and Berzo Demo. It is located near Valle Camonica near the slopes of Adamello. Histo ...

(winter) File:Monte Elto - Braone (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg, Monte Elto seen from

Braone Braone ( Camunian: or ) is an Italian comune of 672 inhabitants in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is bounded by other communes of Breno, Cerveno, Ceto, Losine, Niardo. History In 1956 coins were discovered in Braone, the ...

(summer) File:Monte Elto - Paspardo (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg, Monte Elto seen from Paspardo (summer)

References

Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Lombardy {{Lombardy-mountain-stub