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Apennine Range
The Apennines mountain range.
The Apennine Mountains form the physical backbone of peninsular Italy. The range begins in the northwest at the Cadibona Pass, located near the Maritime Alps. From this starting point, the mountains form a great arc that extends southeastward through the Italian peninsula and continues as far as the Egadi Islands, which are situated to the west of Sicily.1