Bergamo Alps
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The Bergamo Alps are a mountain range
Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...

 in the Italian
Italy
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 Alps
Alps
The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....

 which forms part of the Central Eastern Alps
Central Eastern Alps
The Central Eastern Alps comprise the main chain of the Eastern Alps with its highest peaks, located between the Northern Limestone Alps and the Southern Limestone Alps, from which they differ in geological composition....

. They are located in northern Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

 and named after the city Bergamo
Bergamo
Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...

, south of the mountains.

The Bergamo Alps stretch between Lake Como
Lake Como
Lake Como is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of 146 km², making it the third largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore...

 and Lake Iseo
Lake Iseo
Lake Iseo or Lago d'Iseo or Sebino is the fourth largest lake in Lombardy, Italy, fed by the Oglio river.It is in the north of the country in the Val Camonica area, near the cities of Brescia and Bergamo. The lake is almost equally divided between the Provinces of Bergamo and Brescia...

. They are separated from the Bregaglia
Bregaglia Range
The Bregaglia Range is a small group of mostly granite mountains in Graubünden, Switzerland and the Province of Sondrio, northern Italy. It derives its name from the partly Swiss, partly Italian valley, the Val Bregaglia, and is known as Bergell in German...

 and Bernina
Bernina Range
The Bernina Range is a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland and northern Italy. It is considered to be part of the Central Eastern Alps. It is one of the highest ranges of the Alps, covered with many glaciers. Piz Bernina , its highest peak, is the most easterly four thousand-metre...

 ranges in the north by the Adda River
Adda River
The Adda is a river in North Italy, a tributary of the Po. It rises in the Alps near the border with Switzerland and flows through Lake Como. The Adda joins the Po a few kilometres upstream of Cremona. It is 313 kilometres long...

 valley (Valtellina
Valtellina
Valtellina or the Valtelline valley ; is a valley in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, bordering Switzerland. Today it is known for its skiing, its hot spring spas, its cheeses and its wines...

); from the Ortler Alps
Ortler Alps
The Ortler Alps are a mountain range in the central Alps of Italy. They are considered to be part of the Central Eastern Alps or the Southern Limestone Alps....

 in the north-east by the Aprica Pass
Aprica
Aprica is a town and comune in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is located on the eponymous pass, the most favourable one connecting Valtellina to Val Camonica.Its main activity is winter tourism.-External links:* * *...

; from the Adamello-Presanella
Adamello-Presanella
The Adamello-Presanella Alpine group is a mountain range in the Italian Alps. It is part of the Southern Limestone Alps. It is located in the provinces of Trentino and Brescia...

 group in the east by the Oglio
Oglio
The Oglio is a left-side tributary of the Po River in Lombardy, Italy. It is 280 km long....

 valley (Val Camonica
Val Camonica
Val Camonica is one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, in eastern Lombardy, about 90 km long. It starts from the Tonale Pass, at 1883 metres above sea level and ends at Corna Trentapassi, in the comune of Pisogne, near Lake Iseo...

).

Peaks

The main peaks of the Bergamo Alps are:
Peak Pizzo Recastello
Pizzo Recastello
Pizzo Recastello is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy. It is located within the Bergamo Alps....

 
2,888 9,475
Monte Gleno
Monte Gleno
Monte Gleno is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy. It is located within the Bergamo Alps....

 
2,883 9,459
Monte Tornello  2,688 8,819
Corno Stella
Corno Stella
Corno Stella is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy. It is located within the Bergamo Alps....

 
2,620 8,596
Monte Legnone
Monte Legnone
Monte Legnone is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy. It is located within the Bergamo Alps....

 
2,610 8,563
Pizzo dei Tre Signori  2,554 8,380
Monte Toro 2,524 8,281
Pizzo Arera
Pizzo Arera
Pizzo Arera is a mountain in the Oribie or Bergamo Alps of northern Italy. Its peak is 2512 meters above sea level, and it is part of the ridge that divides Val Seriana from Val Brembana. The town of Roncobello is nearby. Fossils can be found on some ridges....

 
2,512 8,241
Pizzo di Presolana
Presolana
Presolana is a mountain located in Lombardy, northern Italy, about 35 km north of Bergamo. Part of the Bergamo Alps, it is included in the province of Bergamo, and divides the Val Seriana and Valle di Scalve....

 
2,511 8,239
Pizzo Camino
Pizzo Camino
Pizzo Camino is a mountain in the Bergamo Prealps, with a height of .It belongs to the massif dividing the upper Val di Scleve from the upper Val Camonica, together with the Concarena and the Cimone della Bagozza...

 
2,492 8,224
Grigna  2,410 7,907
Monte Resegone
Monte Resegone
Monte Resegone or Resegone di Lecco is a mountain in the Bergamo subrange of the Alps, in northern Italy. It has an elevation of 1,875 m and is located on the boarder of the provinces of Bergamo and Lecco....

 
1,875 6,155
Canto Alto
Canto Alto
Canto Alto is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy. It is located within the Bergamo Alps....

 
1,146 3,760

Passes

The main mountain pass
Mountain pass
A mountain pass is a route through a mountain range or over a ridge. If following the lowest possible route, a pass is locally the highest point on that route...

es of the Bergamo Alps are:
Pass LocationType |Elevation (m/ft)
Passo di Val Morta or del Diavolo Valle Seriana to Sondrio
Sondrio
Sondrio is an Italian town and comune located in the heart of the Valtellina. Sondrio counts approximately 22,000 inhabitants and it is the administrative centre for the Lombard Province of Sondrio.- History :...

foot path 2,601 8,534
Passo di Venina Valle Brembana to Sondrio foot path 2,433 7,983
Passo del Serio Valle Seriana to Sondrio foot path 2,419 7937
Passo del Venerocolo Val di Scalve to Aprica
Aprica
Aprica is a town and comune in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is located on the eponymous pass, the most favourable one connecting Valtellina to Val Camonica.Its main activity is winter tourism.-External links:* * *...

bridle path 2,315 7,595
Passo di Dordona Valle Brembana to Sondrio foot path 2,080 6,824
Passo San Marco  Bergamo
Bergamo
Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...

 to Morbegno
Morbegno
Morbegno is a little town in the low Valtellina Valley in Italy, on the left side of the Adda river. It is part of the province of Sondrio of Lombardy. In 2007, Morbegno started a project to become a leader in sustainability, by involving the population in a participatory design process,...

road 1,985 6,513
Passo del Vivione  Val di Scalve to Edolo
Edolo
Edolo is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, located in the High Camonica valley.The comune is bounded by other communes of Corteno Golgi, Incudine, Lovero , Malonno, Monno, Ponte di Legno, Saviore dell'Adamello, Sernio , Sonico, Temù, Tovo di Sant'Agata , Vezza d'Oglio,...

road 1,819 5,968
Passo della Presolana Clusone
Clusone
Clusone is a town and comune in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. Located in the Val Seriana, it received the honorary title of city on 15 May 1957 with a presidential decree which ratified a Napoleon's promise of the year 1801....

 to the Val di Scalve
road 1,286 4,219
Aprica Pass
Aprica
Aprica is a town and comune in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is located on the eponymous pass, the most favourable one connecting Valtellina to Val Camonica.Its main activity is winter tourism.-External links:* * *...

 
Edolo to Sondrio road 1,181 3,875
Passo di Tartano  Valleve
Valleve
Valleve is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 80 km northeast of Milan and about 40 km north of Bergamo...

 to Tartano
Tartano
Tartano is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 80 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Sondrio...

foot path 2,108 6,425
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