Monte Bove Live Cam

Geological Formation and Stratigraphy

Monte Bove, rising to 2,169 meters in the Monti Sibillini range, is a prism of Mesozoic limestones and dolomitic marbles, sculpted by tectonic forces during the Apennine orogeny. Its stratigraphy reveals alternations of thick-bedded Jurassic carbonates and thinner Triassic dolostones, deposited in a shallow Tethyan sea over 200 million years ago. Intense folding and thrust faulting during the Neogene uplift created the mountain’s characteristic steep flanks and narrow ridges, while Quaternary glacial and periglacial processes carved cirques and deposited erratic boulders across its shoulders.