Mont Bégo

"Bego" redirects here. For the language, see Beigo.

Mont Bégo
The peak of Mont Bégo
Elevation	2,872 m (9,423 ft)
Location
Mont Bégo Alpes-Maritimes,  France
Range	Maritime Alps
Coordinates	44°04′23″N 7°27′03″E / 44.07306°N 7.45083°E / 44.07306; 7.45083Coordinates: 44°04′23″N 7°27′03″E / 44.07306°N 7.45083°E / 44.07306; 7.45083

Mont Bégo (Italian: Monte Bego) is a mountain in the Mercantour massif of the Maritime Alps, in southern France, with an altitude of 2,872 metres (9,423 ft). It is included in the Vallée des Merveilles ("Valley of Marvels").

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.

It is mostly composed of conglomerates from the Permian period.