Comasche Prealps

Comasche Prealps
Larian Prealps, eastern Lugano Prealps
Pizzo di Gino in the Comasche Prealps
Highest point
Peak	Pizzo di Gino
Elevation	2,245 m (7,365 ft)
Naming
Native name	Prealpi Comasche  (Italian)
Geography
The Comasche Prealps are within the Lugano Prealps (section no. 11), within the Western Alps
Countries	Switzerland and Italy
Canton, Region	Ticino and Lombardy
Parent range	Alps
Borders on	Bergamasque Alps and Prealps, Lepontine Alps, Western Rhaetian Alps and Po plain
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Type of rock	Sedimentary rocks[1]

The Comasche Prealps (also known as the Larian Prealps or the eastern Lugano Prealps) are a subsection of the Lugano Prealps.^[2][3] They are found in the Province of Como, Italy, and Canton Ticino, Switzerland. The highest peak is Pizzo di Gino which reaches 2,245 m (7,365 ft) above sea level.

They border:^[4]

• to the north with the Adula Alps (in the Lepontine Alps), separated by the San Jorio pass;
• to the east with the and the Bergamasque Prealps (in the Bergamasque Alps and Prealps), separated by Lake Como;
• to the south they dissolve into the Po Valley;
• to the west with the (in the same alpine section) and separated by the Monte Ceneri pass .

Main peaks[]

The main mountains, arranged by descending elevation above sea level, are:

• Pizzo di Gino - 2,245  m
• Camoghè - 2,226 m
• Gazzirola - 2,116 m
• Monte Bregagno - 2,107 m
• Monte Bar - 1,814 m
• Cima di Fiorina - 1,810 m
• Monte Generoso - 1,701 m
• Monte di Tremezzo - 1,700 m
• Monte Galbiga - 1,698 m
• Monte San Primo - 1,685 m
• Denti della Vecchia - 1,492 m
• Pizzo della Croce - 1,491 m
• Palanzone - 1,436 m
• Sasso Gordona - 1,410 m
• - 1,383 m
• Corni di Canzo - 1,373 m
• Monte Bisbino - 1,325 m
• Sighignola - 1,320 m
• Bollettone - 1,317 m
• Cornizzolo - 1,241 m
• Monte San Salvatore - 912 m
• Monte Sasso - 618 m

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