Adamello-Presanella Alps
{{Short description|Mountain range in northern Italy}}
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| photo_caption=Adamello-Presanella Alps seen from the Tonale Pass road.
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| highest=Cima Presanella
| elevation_m=3558
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File:Adamello North Face 1.jpg
The Adamello-Presanella Alps Alpine group is a mountain range in the Southern Limestone Alps mountain group of the Eastern Alps.{{cite web |url=https://www.trentino.com/en/highlights/nature-and-landscape/mountains-in-trentino/adamello-presanella/ |title=Adamello - Presanella - Italy |website=www.trentino.com |access-date=11 June 2025}} It is located in northern Italy, in the provinces of Trentino and Brescia. The name stems from its highest peaks: Adamello and Presanella.
The Adamello-Presanella Group is separated from the Ortler Alps in the north by the Tonale Pass; from the Bergamo Alps in the west by the Oglio valley (Val Camonica); from the Brenta Group in the east by the Campo Carlo Magno Pass and the river Sarca; to the south it continues towards Lake Iseo.
Peaks
The main peaks of the Adamello-Presanella Group are:
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! Peak !! colspan=2|Elevation (m/ft) | ||
Presanella | 3558 | 11,694 |
Adamello | 3554 | 11,661 |
Carè Alto | 3465 | 11,369 |
Dosson di Genova | 3430 | 11,254 |
Crozzon di Lares | 3354 | 11,004 |
Corno Baitone | 3331 | 10,929 |
Busazza | 3329 | 10,922 |
Lobbia Alta | 3196 | 10,486 |
Monte Tredenus
|2796 |9,173 | ||
Monte Frerone
|2673 |8,770 |
Passes
The main mountain passes of the Adamello-Presanella Group are:
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! Pass !!Location!!Type !! colspan=2|Elevation (m/ft) | ||||
Passo di Lares | Lares Glacier to the Lobbia Glacier | snow | 3195 | 10,483 |
Passo di Cercen | Val di Genova to Fucine | snow | 3043 | 9984 |
Passo della Lobbia Alta | Lobbia Glacier to the Mandron Glacier | snow | 3036 | 9961 |
Passo di Presena | Val di Genova to the Tonale Pass | snow | 3011 | 9879 |
Pisgana Pass | Val di Genova to Ponte di Legno | snow | 2934 | 9626 |
Passo della Forcellina or di Campo | Cedegolo to the Val di Fumo | footpath | 2288 | 7507 |
Croce Domini Pass | Breno to Bagolino | road | 1895 | 6217 |
Tonale Pass | Cles to Edolo | road | 1884 | 6181 |
Colle Maniva | Val Trompia to Bagolino | road | 1669 | 5476 |
Campo Carlo Magno | Dimaro to Pinzolo | road | 1648 | 5407 |
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See also
References
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Category:Southern Limestone Alps
Category:Mountain ranges of the Alps
Category:Mountain ranges of Lombardy
Category:Mountain ranges of Trentino