Apennine Muntains

Apennine Muntains
Monti Appennini
Abruzzo Naitional Pairk
Heichest pynt
Peak	Corno Grande (Big Horn)
Elevation	2,912 m (9,554 ft)
Coordinates	42°28′9″N 13°33′57″E / 42.46917°N 13.56583°E / 42.46917; 13.56583
Dimensions
Lenth	1,200 km (750 mi) northwast tae sootheast
Weenth	250 km (160 mi) soothwast tae northeast
Geografie
Relief Map o the Apennines
Kintras	Italy and San Marino
Range coordinates	43°16.9′N 12°34.9′E / 43.2817°N 12.5817°E / 43.2817; 12.5817Coordinates: 43°16.9′N 12°34.9′E / 43.2817°N 12.5817°E / 43.2817; 12.5817
Geology
Age o rock	Mesozoic for furmation o rock, Neogene-Quaternary for orogeny
Teep o rock	Apennine fauld an thrust belt

The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (/ˈæpənaɪn/; Greek: Απέννινα Όρη, Laitin: Appenninus or Apenninus Mons—a singular uised in the plural;^{[note 1]} Italian: Appennini)^[1] are a muntain range consistin o parallel smawer chains extendin c. 1,200 km (750 mi) alang the lenth o peninsular Italy. In the northwast thay join wi the Ligurian Alps at Altare. In the soothwast thay end at Reggio di Calabria, the coastal ceety at the tip o the peninsula. Syne aboot 2000 the Meenistry o the Environment o Italy, follaeing the recommendations o the Apennines Pairk o Europe Project, haes been definin the Apennines Seestem tae include the muntains o north Sicily, for a tot distance o 1,500 kilometre (930 mi).^[2] The seestem forms an arc enclosin the east side o the Ligurian an Tyrrhenian Seas.
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1. ↑ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879). "Apenninus". A Latin Dictionary. Oxford; Medford: Clarendon Press; Perseus Digital Library.
2. ↑ Gambino, Roberto; Romano, Bernardino (2000–2001). Territorial strategies and environmental continuity in mountain systems: The case of the Apennines (Italy) (PDF). World Commission on Protected Areas. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 20 Februar 2012. Retrieved 15 Januar 2014.CS1 maint: date format (link)