Mont Bégo

Mont Bégo
Mont Bégo
	File:France Mercantour Mt Bego.JPG The peak of Mont Bégo
Highest point
Elevation	2,872 m (9,423 ft)
Prominence	323 m (1,060 ft)
Listing	Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m
Coordinates	44°04′23″N 7°27′03″E / 44.07306°N 7.45083°E
Geography
	Mont Bégo is located in France Mont Bégo Mont Bégo Location within France
Location	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Parent range	Maritime Alps

Mont Bégo (Italian: Monte Bego; Ligurian: Monte Begu) is a mountain in the Mercantour massif of the Maritime Alps, in southern France, with an elevation of 2,872 metres (9,423 ft). It is included in the Vallée des Merveilles ("Valley of Marvels").

Etymology

The name derives from the ancient Indo-European root beg, meaning "divine"; it was, in fact a sacred area to the Liguri tribe, together with the Monte Beigua and Monte Sagro in Italy.

Geology

It is mostly composed of conglomerates from the Permian period.

SOIUSA classification

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

main part = Western Alps
major sector = South Western Alps
section = Maritime Alps
subsection = (Fr:Alpes Maritimes d.l.s.l./It:Alpi Marittime)
supergroup = (Fr:Massif Gelas-Grand Capelet/It:Gelas-Grand Capelet)
group = (Fr:Chaîne Basto-Grand Capelet/It:Costiera Basto-Grand Capelet)
subgroup = (Fr:Nœud du Mont Bego/It:Nodo del Monte Bego)
code = I/A-2.1-A.3.e

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ''Mont Bégo, France, www.peakbagger.com
↑ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 67. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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[pkb-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ''Mont Bégo, France, www.peakbagger.com

[2] Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 67. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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