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Where does the Apennine Range run through Italy?
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The Apennine Range serves as the physical backbone of peninsular Italy. The range begins at the Cadibona Pass in the northwest, near the Maritime Alps, and forms a great arc that extends approximately 870 miles (1,400 kilometers).1
Following a northwest–southeast orientation, the mountains run down the length of the peninsula as far as Calabria at the southern tip of Italy. From there, the regional trend of the range shifts, moving first toward the south and finally westward, extending as far as the Egadi Islands to the west of Sicily.1