title: Mont Bégo
text: # Mont Bégo
  
  Mont Bégo (Italian: Monte Bego; Ligurian: Monte Begu) is a mountain in the Mercantour massif of the Maritime Alps, in southern France, with an elevation of 2,872 metres (9,423 ft). It is included in the Vallée des Merveilles ("Valley of Marvels").
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The name derives from the ancient Indo-European root beg, meaning "divine"; it was, in fact a sacred area to the Liguri tribe, together with the Monte Beigua and Monte Sagro in Italy.
  
  ## Geology
  
  It is mostly composed of conglomerates from the Permian period.
  
  ## SOIUSA classification
  
  According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:
  
  * main part = Western Alps
  * major sector = South Western Alps
  * section = Maritime Alps
  * subsection = (Fr:Alpes Maritimes d.l.s.l./It:Alpi Marittime)
  * supergroup = (Fr:Massif Gelas-Grand Capelet/It:Gelas-Grand Capelet)
  * group = (Fr:Chaîne Basto-Grand Capelet/It:Costiera Basto-Grand Capelet)
  * subgroup = (Fr:Nœud du Mont Bego/It:Nodo del Monte Bego)
  * code = I/A-2.1-A.3.e
  