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Italian Peninsula and Islands

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Etna (3323 m/10,902 ft)
Countries	Italy (96%), France (4%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	223,040 sq km / 86,116 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,072 km / 666 mi North-South 902 km / 560 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	41° 32' N; 13° 12' E
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Map of Italian Peninsula and Islands
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Italian Peninsula and Islands.

Europe	Level 1 (Parent)
Scandinavia-European Arctic	Level 2 (Sibling)
Northwest Europe	Level 2 (Sibling)
Iberian Peninsula	Level 2 (Sibling)
Alps	Level 2 (Sibling)
Italian Peninsula and Islands	Level 2
Apennines	Level 3 (Child)
Western Italy	Level 3 (Child)
Tyrrhennian Islands	Level 3 (Child)
Sicily	Level 3 (Child)
Eastern Europe Ranges	Level 2 (Sibling)
Balkan Peninsula	Level 2 (Sibling)
Ural Mountains	Level 2 (Sibling)
Caucasus Mountains	Level 2 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Italian Peninsula and Islands

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Etna	3323	10,902	Sicily
2.	Corno Grande	2912	9554	Apennines
3.	Corno Grande-Vetta Orientale	2903	9524	Apennines
4.	Corno Grande-Vetta Centrale	2893	9491	Apennines
5.	Corno Grande-Torrione Cambi	2875	9432	Apennines
6.	Pizzi Deneri	2847	9341	Sicily
7.	Monte Amaro	2793	9163	Apennines
8.	Monte Acquaviva	2737	8980	Apennines
9.	Monte Cinto	2706	8878	Tyrrhennian Islands
10.	Corno Grande-Anticima Nord alla Vetta Orientale	2700	8858	Apennines
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Etna	3323	10,902	Sicily
2.	Corno Grande	2912	9554	Apennines
3.	Monte Cinto	2706	8878	Tyrrhennian Islands
4.	Monte Viglio	2156	7073	Western Italy

Photos of Peaks in the Italian Peninsula and Islands

Etna From a climb in november during an eruption lower down, after snowfall, snow melting fast due to hot surface Photo by Lars Holme. Click here for larger-size photo.	Corno Grande Corno Grande viewed from the south (2012-07-30). Photo by Malek Belhadj. Click here for larger-size photo.
Monte Amaro Monte Amaro, highest point of Majella massif, surrounded by low clouds (2014-08-01). Photo by Graziano Coppa. Click here for larger-size photo.	Monte Cinto Our group on the summit of Monte Cinto (2013-08-27). Photo by Matúš Morong. Click here for larger-size photo.
Monte Vettore South face of Monte Vettore as seen from Pretare (2014-05-21). Photo by Graziano Coppa. Click here for larger-size photo.	Monte Cavallo Monte Cavallo as seen from Sella Acquaviva (2014-08-01). Photo by Graziano Coppa. Click here for larger-size photo.
Monte Porrara Graziano Coppa on the top of Monte Porrara and its unusual cloud formations (2013-07-30). Photo by Graziano Coppa. Click here for larger-size photo.	Punta la Marmora The ridge where lies the highest point of Sardinia, as seen from the NW, at Bruncu Spina summit (1829 masl) (2008-03-13). Photo by Nicola Cadau. Click here for larger-size photo.
Punta della Croce Cross on the summit as seen from Genna Orisa Pass (2017-06-03). Photo by Nicola Cadau. Click here for larger-size photo.	Monte Maggiorasca Monte Maggiorasca from Monte Bue (2017-10-08). Photo by Susan Mackenzie. Click here for larger-size photo.

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