Mont Bégo (; ) is a mountain in the
Mercantour massif of the
Maritime Alps
The Maritime Alps ( ; ) are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between the regions of France, French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and the regions of Italy, Italian regions of Piedmont and Liguria ...
, in
southern France
Southern France, also known as the south of France or colloquially in French as , is a geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin,Louis Papy, ''Le midi atlantique'', Atlas e ...
, with an elevation of . It is included in the
Vallée des Merveilles ("Valley of Marvels").
Etymology
The name derives from the ancient Indo-European root ''beg'', meaning "divine"; it was, in fact a sacred area to the
Liguri tribe, together with the
Monte Beigua and
Monte Sagro in
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 ...
.
Geology
It is mostly composed of
conglomerates from the
Permian
The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years, from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya. It is the s ...
period.
SOIUSA classification
According to the
SOIUSA (''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the mountain can be classified in the following way:
* main part =
Western Alps
* major sector = South Western Alps
* section =
Maritime Alps
The Maritime Alps ( ; ) are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between the regions of France, French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and the regions of Italy, Italian regions of Piedmont and Liguria ...
* subsection = (
Fr:Alpes Maritimes d.l.s.l./
It:Alpi Marittime)
* supergroup = (
Fr:Massif Gelas-Grand Capelet/
It:Gelas-Grand Capelet)
* group = (
Fr:Chaîne Basto-Grand Capelet/
It:Costiera Basto-Grand Capelet)
* subgroup = (
Fr:Nœud du Mont Bego/
It:Nodo del Monte Bego)
*
code
In communications and information processing, code is a system of rules to convert information—such as a letter, word, sound, image, or gesture—into another form, sometimes shortened or secret, for communication through a communicati ...
= I/A-2.1-A.3.e
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bego
Mercantour National Park
Mountains of Alpes-Maritimes
Mountains of the Alps
Two-thousanders of France