Apennines

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Chain of mountains stretching the length of the Italian peninsula. It extends around 840 mi/1,350 km south from the Cadibona pass in the northwestern Liguria region. An older and more weathered continuation of the Maritime Alps, from Genoa the Apennines swing across the peninsula to Ancona on the east coast, and then back to the west coast and into the ‘toe’ of Italy. The system is continued over the Strait of Messina along the north Sicilian coast, then across the Mediterranean Sea in a series of islands to the Atlas Mountains of North Africa. The highest peak is Monte Corno in Gran Sasso d'Italia at 2,914 m/9,560 ft.

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