Mount Coca
| Pizzo Coca | |
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Pizzo Coca
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,050 m (10,010 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,878 m (6,161 ft) |
| Parent peak | Mont Blanc |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 46°4′7″N 10°0′42″E / 46.06861°N 10.01167°ECoordinates: 46°4′7″N 10°0′42″E / 46.06861°N 10.01167°E |
| Geography | |
 Pizzo Coca
Location in the Alps
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| Location | Lombardy, Italy |
| Parent range | Bergamo Alps |
Pizzo Coca is a mountain that straddles the Val Seriana and the Valtellina in Lombardy, Italy. It is the highest peak in the Bergamo Alps (also called the Orobie Alps). Its height is 3,050 metres with a prominence height of 1,878 metres and a saddle of 1,172 metres. A post-glacial valley exists near a point called "ometto in sassi" (literally "little man in rock") at 2,400 meters.
The Alps form a part of a tertiary orogenic belt of mountain chains, called the Alpide belt, that stretches through southern Europe and Asia from the Atlantic stretching eastward to the Himalayas. The Bergamo Alps have three prominent peaks named Pizzo Coca, Punta Scaiss and Pizzo Redorta. As with its parent Alpine belt, Pizzo Coca is composed of "dark-coloured"sedimentary mountain rock with "huge rocky spurs" known as a pyramid type peak. Pizzo Coca, along with the other Bergamo crystalline peaks, exist parallel to the Valtellina Valley. Narrow and vertical chimney clefts stretch towards Pizzo Coca's summit, which has rock debris, before it levels off. The mountain rises to 2,924 meters by "Dente di Coca" (literally Tooth of Coca") before settling out by Pico Coca's summit.
The Alps are split into five climate zones, each with a different kind of environment. The climate, plant life and animal life vary on different sections or zones of the mountain such as Pizzo Coca. The initial altitude at Val Seriana, one of the recommended southern access points, is 1,100 meters and part of a valley. The valley trail rises to 1,892 meters by Rifugio Coca which is a rest stop.
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