Monte Vettore
Monte Vettore (Italian: Victor; "victorious") is a mountain on the border between Umbria and the Marche, in Central Italy.
 Monte Vettore viewed from the Marche | |
| Elevation | 2,476 m (8,123 ft)[1] |
|---|---|
| Prominence | 1463[1] |
| Location | |
| Location | Marche, Italy |
| Range | Apennines |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Hiking |
It is the highest mountain in the Marche region and in the province of Ascoli Piceno.
Geography
The mountain is part of the Sibillini Mountains (Italian: Monti Sibillini), a mountain group in Italy, part of the central Apennines between eastern Umbria and the Marche. It is in the "Sibillini Mountains National Park" (Italian: Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini).
Below the peak, in a small enclosed U-shaped valley is one lake called the Lago di Pilato, at an altitude of 1,940 m (6,365 ft). Even if it is a small lake (500 m (1,640 ft) in diameter), it is important for biologists; a fresh water shrimp, Chirocephalus marchesonii, is endemic to this lake.
Today climbers reach it from the Umbrian side from Norcia, a town and comune in the province of Perugia (Italy) in southeastern Umbria or, on the Marche side, from Ascoli Piceno.
Monte Vettore Media
Monte Vettore summit view with Maile
Related pages
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Monte Vettore, Italy". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
Other websites
Media related to Monte Vettore at Wikimedia Commons- Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibilini