- Concarena
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Concarena Elevation 2,549 m (8,363 ft) Location Lombardy, Italy Range Bergamo Prealps Coordinates 46°00′00″N 10°16′46″E / 46°N 10.27944°ECoordinates: 46°00′00″N 10°16′46″E / 46°N 10.27944°E The Concarena is a massif in the Bergamo Prealps; its highest peak is the Cima Bacchetta, with a height of 2,549 m.
The Concarena is the highest part of the range dividing the mid Val Camonica and the Valle di Scalve, lying at its north-eastern tip (the southern one being the Pizzo Camino). Most of the massif is included in the province of Brescia, with some north-western areas part of the province of Bergamo.
Other peaks over 2,000 meters include the Cima dei Ladrinai (2,403 m), Monte Vaccio (2,3383 m) and the Corno del Dente (2,3033 m).
The massif is composed of carbonate rocks from the Triassic period (c. 225 millions years ago)
Categories:- Mountains of Lombardy
- Mountains of the Alps
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