where are the apennine mountains in italy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Apennine Mountains (Greek: Î±ÏÎµÎ½Î½Î¹Î½Î¿Ï; Latin: Appenninus--in both cases used in the singular; Italian: Appennini) is a mountain range stretching 1000 km from the north to the south of Italy along its east coast, traversing the entire peninsula, and forming, as it were, the backbone of the country.