Apennines
mountain range stretching 1200 km from the north to the south of Italy, traversing the entire peninsula, and forming the backbone of the country
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Summary
Apennines is a mountain range[1]. Apennines ranks in the top 1% of mountain range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,798 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Italy[3], San Marino[4]
- Part of: Alpide belt[5]
- Commons category: Apennine mountains[6]
- Has part(s): Southern Apennine[7]
- Highest point: Corno Grande[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Apennine Mountains[9]
- Commons gallery: Apennine Mountains[10]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[11], Encyclopedic Lexicon[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], The New Student's Reference Work[16], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[18], Slovník naučný[19]
- Native label: Appennini[20]
- Length: 1200 km[21]
- Elevation above sea level: 2912 m[22]
- Width: 250 km[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Apennines include Montes Apenninus[25], a mountain chain[26]; Apennins[27], a department of France[28], in France[29], founded in 1805[30]; and 10959 Appennino[31], an asteroid[32].
Why It Matters
Apennines has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Apennines is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for Apennines include Montes Apenninus[25], a mountain chain[26]; Apennins[27], a department of France[28], in France[29], founded in 1805[30]; and 10959 Appennino[31], an asteroid[32].