Bergamasque Prealps

The Bergamasque Prealps (Italian: Prealpi Bergamasche) are a mountain range within the Alps. The range is located in Lombardy, in the north of Italy.

Bergamasque Prealps
Mount Concarena - view from Naquane Val Camonica
Highest point
PeakMount Concarena
Elevation2,549 m (8,363 ft)
Coordinates46°00′41″N 10°16′46″E 
Naming
Native namePrealpi Bergamasche
Geography
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Bergamo
 Brescia
Lecco
Parent rangeBergamasque Alps and Prealps
Borders onBergamo Alps, Lugano Prealps, Brescia and Garda Prealps and Po plain
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny
Type of rockSedimentary rocks[1]

Geography

Administratively the range belongs to the Italian province of Bergamo and, to a lesser extent, to the provinces of Lecco and Brescia.

The western slopes of the mountains are drained by the Adda, the central and eastern part of the range by Oglio and other minor rivers and streams, all of them tributaries of the Po.

SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine subsection, classified in the following way:[2]

Borders

The Bergamo Prealps stretch between Lake Como (west) and Lake Iseo (east). They are separated from the Bergamo Alps (north) 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. Towards south they end with the Po plain.

Subdivision

The Bergamasque Prealps are subdivided into three supergroups:[2]

  • Catena Campelli-Resegone-Grigne (or Prealpi Bergamasche Occidentali) - SOIUSA code: II/C-29.II-A,
  • Catena Arera-Alben (or Prealpi Bergamasche Centrali) - SOIUSA code: II/C-29.II-B,
  • Catena Presolana-Pora-Concarena (or Prealpi Bergamasche Orientali) - SOIUSA code: II/C-29.II-C.

Notable summits
Monte Resegone, in the western part of the range

Some notable summits of the range are:

Namemetres
Concarena2,549
Presolana2,521
Pizzo Arera2,512
Pizzo Camino2,492
Grigna2,410
Cime di Lemma2,348
Cima del Fop 2,322
Monte Secco 2,267
Monte Resegone1,875
Monte Pora1,880
Monte Negrino1,781
Monte Due Mani1,666
Pizzo Formico1,636
Monte Linzone1,392
Monte Misma1,160
Canto Alto1,146
Monte Canto710

See also
  • Bergamo Alps

Maps

References
  1. VV. AA. (2002). Bergamo e provincia (in Italian). Touring Club Italiano. p. 19.
  2. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
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