# Sibillini Mountains

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Mountain in Italy

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Lentil and poppy blooming on Piani di Castelluccio.

A summer view of the Monti Sibillini.

The **Sibillini Mountains**, or Sibylline Mountains ([Italian](/source/Italian_language): *Monti Sibillini*) are one of the major mountain groups in the [Italian Peninsula](/source/Italian_Peninsula), and part of the [Apennines](/source/Apennine_Mountains) range. Most of the peaks are over 2,000 m (6,600 ft); the highest is [Monte Vettore](/source/Monte_Vettore) at 2,476 m (8,123 ft).

Since 1993 the area has been part of the [Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini](/source/Parco_Nazionale_dei_Monti_Sibillini) (Sibillini Mountains National Park).

The present-day landscape morphology, predominantly U-shaped valleys and glacial depressions, is due to the action of [glaciers](/source/Glacier) during the [Quaternary](/source/Quaternary) period.

## Wildlife and vegetation

- [crested porcupine](/source/Crested_porcupine)

- [Eurasian eagle owl](/source/Eurasian_eagle_owl)

- [golden eagle](/source/Golden_eagle)

- [peregrine falcon](/source/Peregrine_falcon)

- [roe deer](/source/Roe_deer)

- [viper](/source/Vipera_aspis)

- [wildcat](/source/Wild_cat)

- [wolf](/source/Wolf)

The small [Lago di Pilato](/source/Lago_di_Pilato) within a deep U-shaped valley below Monte Vettore, is home to a [crustacean](/source/Crustacean) [endemic](/source/Endemic_(ecology)) to this location, *[Chirocephalus marchesonii](/source/Chirocephalus_marchesonii)*.

The area contains stands of [beech](/source/Beech) scattered amongst open subalpine grasslands and meadows maintained by the grazing of sheep.

## See also

- [Apennines](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apennine_hello&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Geography of Italy](/source/Geography_of_Italy)

- [Monte Ascensione](/source/Monte_Ascensione)

## Sources

- Gentili, Bernardino (April 2002). "Note di Geomorfologia del Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini". *Collana dei Quaderni scientifico-divulgativi del Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini*. Ancona: Aniballi Grafiche.

[42°49′26″N 13°16′32″E / 42.82389°N 13.27556°E / 42.82389; 13.27556](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sibillini_Mountains&params=42_49_26_N_13_16_32_E_type:mountain_region:IT)

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