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The Apuan Alps (Italian: Alpi Apuane) are a mountain range in northern Tuscany, Italy. They are included between the valleys of the Serchio and Magra rivers, and, to the northwest, the Garfagnana and Lunigiana, with a total length of approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi).[1]

Apuan Alps
Apuan Alps seen from Pietrasanta.
Highest point
Peak	Monte Pisanino
Elevation	1,946 m (6,385 ft)
Coordinates	44°08′01″N 10°12′52″E
Geography
Location of the Apuan Alps in Italy
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Parent range	Apennine Mountains
Geology
Age of rock	Triassic

The name derives from the Apuani Ligures tribe that lived there in ancient times.

The mountain range is known for its Carrara marble. Due to its extraction height environmental impact, the No Cav movement strongly opposes this activity.^{[citation needed]}

Geology and geography

The chain formed out of sea sediments in the middle Triassic period, somewhat earlier than the rest of the Apennines, and on a rather different geological structure.[1] Over time, these sediments hardened into limestone, dolomite, sandstone, and shale.[1] Harsh pressure approximately 25 million years ago transformed the limestone in many places into the Carrara marble (named for the nearby city of Carrara) for which the range is renowned.[1] Erosion carved much of the remaining sedimentary rocks into a jagged karst topography.

The No Cav environmental movement is fighting for the closure of the marble quarries in the Apuan Alps due to their environmental impact.

Main peaks

• Monte Pisanino (1,946 metres (6,385 ft)) – The highest peak in the Apuan alps[1]
• Monte Tambura (1,890 m)
• Monte Cavallo (1,888 m)
• Pania della Croce (1,858 m)
• Monte Grondìlice (1,808 m)
• Monte Contrario (1,788 m)
• Pizzo d'Uccello (1,781 m)
• Monte Sumbra (1765 m)
• Monte Sagro (1,749 m)

References

External links

Media related to Apuan Alps at Wikimedia Commons

• Alpi Apuane Park official website

На других языках

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[de] Apuanische Alpen

Die Apuanischen Alpen (italienisch Alpi Apuane) liegen im Nordwesten der Toskana, zwischen Lucca und La Spezia. Die Bergkette wird im Nordwesten vom Fluss Magra (Lunigiana), im Osten vom Fluss Serchio (Garfagnana) und im Südwesten von der Versilia begrenzt. Sie schließt an den nordwestlich gelegenen Ligurischen Apennin an und hebt sich durch ihre schroffe Form und die Marmorsteinbrüche deutlich von den anderen Gebieten des toskanischen Apennin ab. Trotz der Bezeichnung Alpen hat dieses Teilgebirge nichts mit den Alpen im eigentlichen Sinne zu tun. Der höchste Gipfel in den Apuanischen Alpen ist Monte Pisanino (1946 m s.l.m.). In der Bezeichnung dieses Gebirges lebt der Name des antiken ligurischen Stammes der Apuaner fort.

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- [en] Apuan Alps

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[es] Alpes Apuanos

Alpes Apuanos se denomina a una cadena montañosa en Italia situada al norte de la Toscana sobre la Riviera Ligure, el Mar de Liguria y la Versilia.

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[fr] Alpes apuanes

Les Alpes apuanes (en italien Alpi Apuane) sont un massif montagneux, situé au nord-ouest de la Toscane, en Italie, entre les fleuves Magra et Serchio dont le point culminant est le mont Pisanino (1 946 m).

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[it] Alpi Apuane

Le Alpi Apuane sono una catena montuosa situata nel nord-ovest della Toscana, facente parte del Subappennino toscano e delimitata a nord-ovest dal fiume Magra (Lunigiana), a est dal fiume Serchio (Garfagnana, Mediavalle e Piana di Lucca) e a sud-ovest dalla Versilia e dalla Riviera Apuana, interessando parte del territorio delle province di Lucca e Massa-Carrara. Confinano a sud col Monte Pisano e a nord con l'Appennino ligure.

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[ru] Апуанские Альпы

Апуанские Альпы (итал. Alpi Apuane) — горный хребет в Италии, в северной Тоскане. Часть системы Апеннинских гор.

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