Como Prealps (SOIUSA)
| Como Prealps | |
|---|---|
 Pizzo di Gino |
|
| Highest peak | Pizzo di Gino ( 2245 m slm ) |
| location | Como Province ( Italy ), Ticino ( Switzerland ) |
| part of | Western alps |
| Classification according to | SOIUSA 11.I |
| Coordinates , ( CH ) | 46 ° 3 ' N , 9 ° 10' O ( 733 223 / 101513 ) |
The Como Pre-Alps are subsection 11.I of the SOIUSA categorization and belong to the Lugano Pre-Alps section . The highest mountain is the Pizzo di Gino , which reaches 2245 m slm . They are located in Italy in the province of Como and in Switzerland in the canton of Ticino .
Limits
They border:
- to the north on the Adula Alps , bounded by the San Jorio Pass ;
- in the east on the Bergamasque Pre-Alps bordered by Lake Como ;
- in the south of the Po Valley ;
- bounded in the west by the Varese pre-Alps by Monte Ceneri .
division
According to SOIUSA , the region is divided into 3 supergroups and 9 groups:
- Gino-Camoghè-Fiorina (A)
- Group Gino (A.1)
- Camoghè-Bar group (A.2)
- Group Fiorina (A.3)
- Tremezzo-Generoso-Gordona Group (B)
- Tremezzo group (B.4)
- Generoso Group (B.5)
- Gordona-Bisbino group (B.6)
- Palanzone-San Primo-Corni di Canzo (also chain Lariano triangle ) (C)
- Palanzone group (C.7)
- Group San Primo (C.8)
- Corni di Canzo group (C.9)
Most important peaks
- Pizzo di Gino - 2,245 m
- Camoghè - 2,226 m
- Gazzirola - 2,116 m
- Monte Bregagno - 2,107 m
- Monte Bar - 1,814 m
- Monte Generoso - 1,701 m
- Monte di Tremezzo - 1,700 m
- Monte Galbiga - 1,698 m
- Monte San Primo - 1,685 m
- Monte Palanzone - 1,436 m
- Corni di Canzo - 1,373 m
- Monte Sasso - 618 m
See also
literature
- Sergio Marazzi: Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA . Pavone Canavese (TO), Priuli & Verlucca editori, 2005. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8 (Italian)
- Sergio Marazzi, La “Suddivisione orografica internazionale unificata del Sistema Alpino” (SOIUSA) - the complete article with detailed illustrations (pdf; 1.6 MB) (Italian)