Bellunes Alps

Coordinates: 46°10′19″N 12°07′00″E / 46.172075°N 12.1166871°E / 46.172075; 12.1166871
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Bellunes Alps
Col Nudo, the highest peak in the Bellunes Alps
Highest point
PeakCol Nudo
Elevation2,472 m s.l.m.
Geography
Bellunes Alps is located in Alps
Bellunes Alps
Bellunes Alps
State
Trentino-South Tyrol, Venetia; Italy
Range coordinates46°10′19″N 12°07′00″E / 46.172075°N 12.1166871°E / 46.172075; 12.1166871
Parent rangeEastern Alps

The Bellunes Alps (German: Belluneser Alpen, Italian: Prealpi Bellunesi) is the now obsolete name of a mountain range on the southern edge of the Eastern Alps.

They lie in the

Trentino-South Tyrol. They cover the provinces of Treviso, Pordenone and part of Vicenza. The name is derived from the town of Belluno. Their highest peak is Col Nudo
at 2,472 m s.l.m..

They are part of the

main dolomite
.

The Bellunes Alps used to be an independent group in the

Monte Schiara
(2,565 m s.l.m.).

In 1990, the northern, dolomitic part was declare a national park: the Bellunes Dolomites National Park.

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