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Pizzo Camino

Coordinates: 45°58′59″N 10°10′38″E / 45.98306°N 10.17722°E / 45.98306; 10.17722
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Pizzo Camino
Highest point
Elevation2,492 m (8,176 ft)
Coordinates45°58′59″N 10°10′38″E / 45.98306°N 10.17722°E / 45.98306; 10.17722
Geography
Pizzo Camino is located in Alps
Pizzo Camino
Pizzo Camino
Location in the Alps
LocationLombardy, Italy
Parent rangeBergamo Prealps

Pizzo Camino (Pis Camì) is a mountain in the Bergamo Prealps, with a height of 2,492 metres (8,176 ft).

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. It is on the boundaries between the provinces of Brescia and Bergamo.

The summit is composed from limestone rocks, formed in the middle Triassic period from the former Tethys Ocean. The lower sides have instead a more sandstone-marl composition.

SOIUSA classification

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According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[1]

References

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  1. ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.