Monte Sirente is a mountain in Abruzzo

Abruzzo

Abruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...

, central Italy

Italy

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, the highest peak (at 2,347 m) of a small chain extending for c. 13 km from the Altopiano delle Rocche, the Marsica

Marsica

Marsica is a geographical area in the Abruzzo, central Italy, including 37 comuni in the province of L'Aquila, the most important of which is Avezzano. It is located between the plain of the former Lake Fucino, the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, the plain of Carsoli and the valley of...

 and the Valle Subequana, ending to the Fucino plain. It is part of the Sirente-Velino regional park.

The northern side of Sirente is characterized by deep gorges

Gorges

Gorges, the plural of the French word for "throat", usually refers to a canyon.Gorges is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:* Gorges, in the Loire-Atlantique département* Gorges, in the Manche département...

 created by glaciers during the last Pleistocene

Pleistocene

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 glaciation. The southern side declines in a more milder way towards the Fucino.

Nearby is the Sirente crater

Sirente crater

The Sirente crater is a small shallow seasonal lake in Abruzzo, central Italy. The lake is located at the center of the Prati del Sirente, a mountainous highland north of the Sirente massif in the Apennines, 13 kilometres from the small village of Secinaro. In the late 1990s, the peculiar...

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