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Definition of Dolomite Alps
1. Noun. An eastern range of the Alps in northeastern Italy famous for their dolomitic limestone.
Group relationships: Italia, Italian Republic, Italy, Alps, The Alps
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dolomite Alps
Literary usage of Dolomite Alps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1894)
"... but one of several inclined planes of fault which pass through strata of all
ages in this part of the "Dolomite Alps." Above Pian de Sass, ..."
2. The Eastern Alps: Including the Bavarian Highlands, Tyrol, Salzkammergut by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1888)
"The Dolomite Alps, from Botzen to Auronzo and Belluno: between pp. 320, 321. 26.
The ADAMELLO, PRESANELLA, AND BRENTA ALPS, THE VAL DI NON, VAL i>i SOLE, ..."