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La Spedla (or Punta Perrucchetti) is a minor summit south of Piz Bernina on the border between Italy and Switzerland. With a height of 4,020 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit on the Italian side of the Bernina Range and the highest summit in Lombardy .
The highest elevated locality to be found in Lombardy is the secondary peak of the Piz Bernina, La Spedla, at 4,020 metres (13,190 ft). Another prominent peak is Monte Cevedale, standing 3,764-metre (12,349 ft) tall. The Forni glacier (12 km 2 (4.6 sq mi)) is located in the Ortles-Cevedale Range.
Piz Bernina and the Morteratsch Glacier. Piz Bernina is one of the few isolated Alpine four-thousanders and the most topographically isolated mountain of Switzerland.It is the culminating point of a group of summits slightly lower than 4,000 m (13,123 ft) mostly lying on the main watershed between Switzerland and Italy (such as Piz Scerscen, Piz Zupò, and Piz Palü).
The highest point of the drainage basin is the summit of la Spedla (a subpeak of Piz Bernina), at 4,020 metres (13,190 ft). Towns along the river Adda include Bormio , Tirano , Sondrio , Bellagio and Lecco (both on Lake Como), Brivio and Lodi .
Pages in category "Mountains of Lombardy" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 218 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Lombard League. Map of Historical Lombardy. Lombardy (Lombard: Lombardia), also called Historical Lombardy (Lombardia storega) or Greater Lombardy (Grand Lombardia), is a name referring to the territory, larger than the modern Italian administrative region, which culturally, linguistically and politically has been historically considered Lombard.
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The Riserva Naturale Pian di Spagna e Lago di Mezzola is a nature reserve in Lombardy, in northern Italy. The reserve consists of the Lago di Mezzola and the Pian di Spagna, the wetland area which separates it from Lake Como.