Presolana (Italian: ''Pizzo della Presolana'') is a mountain located in
Lombardy
Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...
, northern
Italy
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, about 35 km north of
Bergamo
Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...
.
Geography
Part of the
Bergamasque Alps
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 Lombardy and named after the city Bergamo, south of the mount ...
, it is included in the
province of Bergamo
The Province of Bergamo ( it, provincia di Bergamo; lmo, proìnsa de Bèrghem) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,112,187 (2017), an area of , and contains 243 ''comuni''. Its capital is the city of Bergamo.
...
, and divides the
Val Seriana
The Serio ( Lombard: ''Sère'') is an Italian river that flows entirely within Lombardy, crossing the provinces of Bergamo and Cremona. It is long and flows into the Adda at Bocca di Serio south of Crema
Crema or Cremas may refer to:
Cr ...
and
Valle di Scalve.
The top of the mountain is called Presolana Occidentale (Western Presolana) and has a maximum altitude of 2,521 m above sea level.
SOIUSA classification
According to the
SOIUSA Alps by SOIUSA.
SOIUSA (an acronym for - English: ''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps-ISMSA'') is a proposal for a new classification system of the Alps from the geographic and toponomastic point of view.
It was designe ...
(''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the mountain can be classified in the following way:
* main part =
Eastern Alps
Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps, usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley up to the Splügen Pass at the Alpine divide and down the Liro River to Lake Como in the ...
* major sector =
Southern Limestone Alps
The Southern Limestone Alps ( it, Alpi Sud-orientali, german: Südliche Kalkalpen), also called the Southern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps south of the Central Eastern Alps mainly located in northern Italy and the adjacent l ...
* section =
Bergamasque Alps and Prealps
The Bergamasque Alps and Prealps (''Alpi e Prealpi Bergamasche'' in Italian) 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 ...
* subsection = Bergamasque Prealps
* supergroup = Prealpi Bergamasche Orientali
* group = Gruppo della Presolana
* subgroup = Costiera Presolana-Visolo-Bares
*
code
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= II/C-29.II-C.7.b
Geology
Presolana is notable as it is one of the few mountain in
Lombardy
Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...
composed of a
limestone
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rock similar to
dolomite Dolomite may refer to:
*Dolomite (mineral), a carbonate mineral
*Dolomite (rock), also known as dolostone, a sedimentary carbonate rock
*Dolomite, Alabama, United States, an unincorporated community
*Dolomite, California, United States, an unincor ...
.
Gallery
File:Presolana dal Poieto - panoramio.jpg
File:Malga Cassinelli 03.jpg
File:Rifugio Olmo 01.JPG
File:Presolana dal Grem.JPG
File:Presolana 01.JPG
File:Presolana sud grotta Pagani.jpg
File:Presolana torrioni parete sud.jpg
References
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Mountains of the Alps
Province of Bergamo
Mountains of Lombardy
Two-thousanders of Italy