{{Short description|Mountain in Lombardy, northern Italy}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Presolana | image = Presolana... Above all.JPG | image_caption = Presolana in winter as seen from Mount Alben, emerging above low-lying stratus clouds. | elevation_m = 2521 | elevation_ref = <ref name=IGM>Italian official cartography (''Istituto Geografico Militare'' - IGM); on-line version: [http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ www.pcn.minambiente.it]</ref> | prominence = 725 | prominence_ref = <ref name="peakbagger">{{cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=13822|title= Pizzo della Presolana - peakbagger|publisher = peakbagger.com|accessdate = 13 March 2015}}</ref> | map = Alps | map_caption = Location in the Alps | location = Lombardy, Italy | range = Bergamasque Prealps | coordinates = {{coord|45.9562|N|10.0557|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | first_ascent = 3 October 1870, by Carlo Medici, Federico Frizzoni and Antonio Curò | easiest_route = }}
'''Presolana''' (Italian: ''Pizzo della Presolana'') is a mountain located in Lombardy, northern Italy, about 35 km north of Bergamo.
== Geography == Part of the Bergamasque Alps, it is included in the province of Bergamo, and divides the Val Seriana and Valle di Scalve.
The top of the mountain is called Presolana Occidentale (Western Presolana) and has a maximum altitude of 2,521 m above sea level.
=== SOIUSA classification === According to the SOIUSA (''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the mountain can be classified in the following way:<ref>{{cite book | last = Marazzi | first = Sergio | authorlink = | title = Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA | publisher = Priuli & Verlucca | series = | year = 2005 | language = Italian | page = | doi = | isbn = 978-88-8068-273-8 }}</ref> * main part = Eastern Alps * major sector = Southern Limestone Alps * section = Bergamasque Alps and Prealps * subsection = Bergamasque Prealps * supergroup = Prealpi Bergamasche Orientali * group = Gruppo della Presolana * subgroup = Costiera Presolana-Visolo-Bares * code = II/C-29.II-C.7.b
== Geology == Presolana is notable as it is one of the few mountain in Lombardy composed of a limestone rock similar to dolomite.
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Category:Mountains of the Alps Category:Province of Bergamo Category:Mountains of Lombardy Category:Two-thousanders of Italy