Apennine

The Apennines or Apennine Mountains are a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending c. 1,200 km along the length of peninsular Italy. In the northwest they join with the Ligurian Alps at Altare. In the southwest they end at Reggio di Calabria, the coastal city at the tip of the peninsula. Since 2000 the Environment Ministry of Italy, followi…
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains are a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending c. 1,200 km along the length of peninsular Italy. In the northwest they join with the Ligurian Alps at Altare. In the southwest they end at Reggio di Calabria, the coastal city at the tip of the peninsula. Since 2000 the Environment Ministry of Italy, following the recommendations of the Apennines Park of Europe Project, has been defining the Apennines System to include the mountains of north Sicily, for a total distance of 1,500 kilometres. The system forms an arc enclosing the east side of the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian seas.
  • Elevation: 2,912 m (9,554 ft)
  • Peak: Corno Grande (Great Horn)
  • Listing: List of mountain ranges
  • Length: 1,200 km (750 mi) northwest to southeast
  • Width: 250 km (160 mi) southwest to northeast
  • Countries: Italy and San Marino
  • Age of rock: Mesozoic for formation of rock · Neogene-Quaternary for orogeny
Data from: en.wikipedia.org