The Bergamasque Alps or Bergamo Alps ( Italian: ''Alpi Orobie'', sometimes translated into English as Orobic Alps) are a mountain range in the Italian Alps. They are located in northern

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and named after the city

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, south of the mountains. Within the Eastern Alps, the Alpine Club or AVE system places them within the

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, while the SOIUSA system classifies them within the Southeastern Alps.

Peaks

The main peaks of the Bergamasque Alps are:

Passes

The main

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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'' - IGM); on-line version
www.pcn.minambiente.it

References