Pizzo Arera

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Pizzo Arera
Pizzo Arera dal Grem.JPG
Pizzo Arera in winter as seen from Mount Grem
Highest point
Elevation2,512 m (8,241 ft)
Prominence691 m (2,267 ft)[1]
Coordinates45°56′09″N 9°48′54″E / 45.935700°N 9.814947°E / 45.935700; 9.814947Coordinates: 45°56′09″N 9°48′54″E / 45.935700°N 9.814947°E / 45.935700; 9.814947
Geography
Pizzo Arera is located in Alps
Pizzo Arera
Pizzo Arera
Bergamo, Italy
Parent rangeBergamasque 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[]

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[]

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[2]

Geology[]

Arera is composed mainly of Mesozoic sedimentary rocks, most of them limestones.

Flora[]

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[]

  1. ^ "Pizzo Arera - peakbagger". peakbagger.com. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
  3. ^ Hermann Merxmüller & Friedrich Ehrendorfer. 1957. Galium montis-arerae, eine neue Sippe der Bergamasker Alpen. Oesterreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 104: 228-233
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