Monte Vettore

Monte Vettore (; "victorious") is a mountain on the border between Umbria and the Marche, in Central Italy.

It is the highest mountain in the Marche region and in the province of Ascoli Piceno.

Geography
The mountain is part of the Sibillini Mountains (), a mountain group in Italy, part of the central Apennines between eastern Umbria and the Marche. It is in the "Sibillini Mountains National Park" ().

Below the peak, in a small enclosed U-shaped valley is one lake called the Lago di Pilato, at an altitude of . Even if it is a small lake ( in diameter), it is important for biologists; a fresh water shrimp, Chirocephalus marchesonii, is endemic to this lake.

Today climbers reach it from the Umbrian side from Norcia, a town and comune in the province of Perugia (Italy) in southeastern Umbria or, on the Marche side, from Ascoli Piceno.

Related pages
List of Italian regions by highest point

References

Other websites

Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibilini

Category:Mountains of Italy
Category:Marche