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Appennino Ligure

The Appennino Ligure, or Ligurian Apennines, is the stretch of the Northern Apennines lying in Liguria, Italy, the eastern arm of the arc enclosing the region.

Caelius Mons

Caelius Mons, the Caelian Hill (Celio), the most south-easterly of Rome's Seven Hills; originally Querquetulanus, renamed for the Etruscan Caeles Vibenna; fire of A.D. 27, temple of Divus Claudius, Macellum Magnum.

Cantabrian Mountains

Cantabrian Mountains (Cordillera Cantábrica), mountain chain of northern Spain parallel to the Bay of Biscay, western prolongation of the Pyrenees; over 300 miles long, highest peak Peña de Cerredo 2678 m, formed by Alpine Iberian-Eurasian collision with a 46-48 km crustal root.

Harz

Harz: Germany's northernmost mountain range (~2,000 km², Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia), highest peak Brocken 1,141 m; historic non-ferrous mining, Rammelsberg and Upper Harz Water Management UNESCO sites, Harz National Park.

Le Crêt-du-Maure

Le Crêt-du-Maure (Crêt du Maure) is a wooded hill in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, the first foothill of the Semnoz, site of the medieval town and château, with a 150 ha reforested communal forest and viewpoints over Lake Annecy.

Monti della Tolfa

Monti della Tolfa, volcanic hill group in northern Lazio northeast of Civitavecchia, culminating at 616 m Monte Le Grazie; about 17,000 ha, rich in alunite and other minerals, with Bronze Age, Etruscan, Roman, and papal alum-mining heritage.

Nemerçka / Maja e Drites

Nemërçka (Maja e Drites, Maja e Papingut, Dousko) is a limestone mountain range between Përmet and Gjirokastër in southern Albania; its summit, about 2,482–2,489 m, is the range's highest point and a biodiversity hotspot.

Ore Mountains

The Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge, Krušné hory) are a mountain range on the German-Czech border, mined for silver and other metals from the Middle Ages into the 20th century.

Pindus

Pindus (Πίνδος, Pindos), the largest mountain range of Greece and continuation of the Dinaric Alps, runs northwest–southeast across the mainland; highest peak Smolikas at 2,637 m, source of major rivers, with Northern Pindos National Park.

Southern Carpathians

The Southern Carpathians (Carpații Meridionali, Transylvanian Alps) are the highest part of the Romanian Carpathians in southern and central Romania, featuring Moldoveanu Peak at 2,544 m.