Pizzo Arera
| Pizzo Arera | |
|---|---|
 Pizzo Arera in winter as seen from Mount Grem | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,512 m (8,241 ft) |
| Prominence | 691 m (2,267 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 45°56′09″N 9°48′54″E / 45.935700°N 9.814947°E |
| Geography | |
  Pizzo Arera Bergamo, Italy | |
| Parent range | Bergamasque Prealps |
Pizzo Arera is a mountain of the Bergamasque Prealps of northern Italy. Its peak is 2,512 metres (8,241 ft) above sea level.
Geography
[edit]It is part of the ridge that divides Val Seriana from Val Brembana. The town of Roncobello is nearby. Fossils can be found on some ridges. It is the largest in a group of four mountains that surround Zambla Alta. The residents of the area around the mountain are often bilingual, speaking Italian and Bergamasque.
SOIUSA classification
[edit]According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[2]
- main part = Eastern Alps
- major sector = Southern Limestone Alps
- section = Bergamasque Alps and Prealps
- subsection = Bergamasque Prealps
- supergroup = Prealpi Bergamasche Centrali
- group = Gruppo Arera-Menna
- subgroup = Gruppo dell'Arera
- code = II/C-29.II-B.5.a
Geology
[edit]Arera is composed mainly of Mesozoic sedimentary rocks, most of them limestones.
Flora
[edit]Alpine regions have a high rate of endemism and a high diversity of plant species. This taxonomic diversity can be attributed to geographical isolation, glaciation, microhabitat differentiation.
Galium montis-arerae, the Pizzo Arera bedstraw, is a rare plant species in the Rubiaceae.[3] It is named after the mountain, locus classicus where it was first described.
References
[edit]- ^ "Pizzo Arera - peakbagger". peakbagger.com. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
- ^ Merxmüller, H.; Ehrendorfer, F. (1957). "Galium montis-arerae, eine neue Sippe der Bergamasker Alpen". Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift. 104 (3): 228–233. doi:10.1007/BF01281677.