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series of mountain ranges bordered by narrow coastlands that form the physical backbone of peninsular italy. free mountain wallpaper. from cadibona pass in the northwest, close to the maritime alps, they form a great arc, which extends as far as the egadi islands to the west of sicily. their total length is approximately 870 miles (1,400 kilometres), and their width ranges from 25 to 125 miles. mount corno, 9,554 feet (2,912 metres), is the highest point of the apennines proper on the peninsula. free mountain wallpaper. the range follows a northwest–southeast orientation as far as calabria, at the southern tip of italy; the regional trend then changes direction, first toward the south and finally westward. the apennines are among the younger ranges of the alpine system and, geologically speaking, are related to the coastal range of the atlas mountains of north africa. free mountain wallpaper. similarities have also been observed with the dinaric alps, which extend through the balkan region, including greece. nearby sardinia and corsica, on the other hand, are dissimilar to the apennines, their granitic rock masses being linked to outcroppings along the spanish and french coast, winter wallpaper, from which they parted some 20 million years ago.

the majority of geologic units of the apennines are made up of marine sedimentary rocks that were deposited over the southern margin of the tethys sea, winter wallpaper, the large ocean that spread out between the paleo-european and the paleo-african plates during their separation in the mesozoic era (about 250 to 65 million years ago). these rocks are mostly shales, sandstones, and limestones, while igneous rocks (such as the ophiolites of the northern apennines, the remains of an older oceanic crust) are scarce.