Comasche Prealps
| Comasche Prealps | |
|---|---|
| Larian Prealps, eastern Lugano Prealps | |
 Pizzo di Gino in the Comasche Prealps | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Pizzo di Gino |
| Elevation | 2,245 m (7,365 ft) |
| Naming | |
| Native name | Prealpi Comasche (Italian) |
| Geography | |
 The Comasche Prealps are within the Lugano Prealps (section no. 11), within the Western Alps | |
| Countries | Switzerland and Italy |
| Canton, Region | Ticino and Lombardy |
| Parent range | Alps |
| Borders on | Bergamasque Alps and Prealps, Lepontine Alps, Western Rhaetian Alps and Po plain |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
| Rock type | Sedimentary rocks[1] |
The Comasche Prealps (also known as the Larian Prealps or the eastern Lugano Prealps) are a subsection of the Lugano Prealps.[2][3] They are found in the Province of Como, Italy, and Canton Ticino, Switzerland. The highest peak is Pizzo di Gino which reaches 2,245 m (7,365 ft) above sea level.
They border:[4]
- to the north with the Adula Alps (in the Lepontine Alps), separated by the San Jorio pass;
- to the east with the Orobic Alps and the Bergamasque Prealps (in the Bergamasque Alps and Prealps), separated by Lake Como;
- to the south they dissolve into the Po Valley;
- to the west with the Varese Prealps (in the same alpine section) and separated by the Monte Ceneri pass .
Main peaks
[edit]The main mountains, arranged by descending elevation above sea level, are:
- Pizzo di Gino - 2,245 m
- Camoghè - 2,226 m
- Gazzirola - 2,116 m
- Monte Bregagno - 2,107 m
- Monte Bar - 1,814 m
- Cima di Fiorina - 1,810 m
- Monte Generoso - 1,701 m
- Monte di Tremezzo - 1,700 m
- Monte Galbiga - 1,698 m
- Monte San Primo - 1,685 m
- Denti della Vecchia - 1,492 m
- Pizzo della Croce - 1,491 m
- Palanzone - 1,436 m
- Sasso Gordona - 1,410 m
- Monte Colmegnone - 1,383 m
- Corni di Canzo - 1,373 m
- Monte Bisbino - 1,325 m
- Sighignola - 1,320 m
- Bollettone - 1,317 m
- Cornizzolo - 1,241 m
- Monte San Salvatore - 912 m
- Monte Sasso - 618 m
References
[edit]- ^ VV. AA. (1999). Lombardia : esclusa Milano (in Italian). Touring Club Italiano. p. 37.
- ^ Guida itinerario dell'Italia e di parte dei paesi limitrofi. Parte 3. Annuario. -1896-1903 (in Italian). Touring club ciclistico italiano. 1897.
- ^ Le Alpi (in Italian). 1900.
- ^ Pinoli, Mario; Romero, Sergio (1993). Lombardia in mountain bike (in Italian). Ediciclo Editore. ISBN 978-88-85327-33-7.