Pizzo Coca

Pizzo Coca (Lombard: ol 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.

Pizzo Coca
Pizzo Coca
Highest point
Elevation3,050 m (10,010 ft)
Prominence1,878 m (6,161 ft)
Parent peakMont Blanc
Isolation23.07 km (14.34 mi) 
ListingAlpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates46°4′7″N 10°0′42″E
Naming
Native nameol Coca (Lombard)
Geography
Pizzo Coca
Location in the Alps
LocationLombardy, Italy
Parent rangeBergamo Alps
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