Bric del Dente is a 1107 metres high mountain of the Apennines located in the Italian region of Liguria.
Bric del Dente | |
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Monte Dente[1] | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,107 m (3,632 ft)[2] |
Prominence | 176[2][3] |
Coordinates | 44°28′55.07″N 8°40′32.76″E |
Naming | |
English translation | Hill of the tooth |
Language of name | Italian |
Geography | |
Parent range | Ligurian Apennines |
Climbing | |
First ascent | ancestral |
Easiest route | hike |
Bric in Ligurian means hill or mountain, while dente in Itailan means tooth.
The mountain stands on the Adriatic / Ligurian drainage divide between Passo del Faiallo and Passo del Turchino. It belongs to the province of Genoa, in Liguria. Its summit is a tripoint at which the valleys of Cerusa, Orba and Stura di Ovada meet.[4] Sella Bernè (894 m) divides Bric del Dente from the neighbouring Monte Giallo (at East, 969 m), while a saddle at 931 m divides it from Monte Reixa (westwards, 1183 m). The top of the mountain is marked by a memorial pillar overlooked by a small summit cross.
Bric del Dente sides are generally rocky and steep save the south-western one, gentler and grassier.
Since 1985 the mountain belongs to the Parco naturale regionale del Beigua.[1]
The mountain is easily accessible by signposted tracks departing from Sella Bernè, Passo del Faiallo or Masone.[5]
The Alta Via dei Monti Liguri, a long-distance trail from Ventimiglia (province of Imperia) to Bolano (province of La Spezia), passes very close to the mountain's summit.[6]
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