Located in the Southern Apennines and dominating the Basento Valley, the range is at the heart of the Gallipoli Cognato Piccole Dolomiti Lucane Regional Park, which also include the Gallipoli-Cognato forest.

The range is named "Dolomiti" because of similarities to peaks in the Dolomites in northern Italy.

The highest point is Monte Caperrino, also called "Piccole Dolomiti", due to its resemblance to the Dolomite mountains near Venice and Trieste.

The tundra is home to unusual plants, such as red valerian, Lunaria annua, and Onosma lucana.

Fauna of the range includes wild boar, red kites, swallows, kestrel, ravens, and peregrine falcons.