Italy - Dolomiti

Francesco De Bona - Italy - 24.08.2012

Dolomiti - Dolomiten. 

UNESCO: Patrimonio dell'Umanità. 

Marmolada m.3342. 

La più alta cima delle Dolomiti.

Marmolada (Ladin: Marmoleda, German: Marmolata) is a mountain in northeastern Italy (just east of Trento) and the highest mountain of the Dolomites (a section of the Alps).

The mountain is located about 100 kilometres north-northwest of Venice, from which it can be seen on a clear day. It consists of a ridge running west to east. Towards the south it breaks suddenly into sheer cliffs, forming a rock face several kilometres long. On the north side there is a comparatively flat glacier, the only large glacier in the Dolomites (the Marmolada Glacier, Ghiacciaio della Marmolada). 

UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009.