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Europe / Italy / South Sardinia / Monte Arcosu
Record SL-492457 · Wikidata Q3861199

Monte Arcosu

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Elevation
948 m
3,110 ft
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
39.1949° N, 8.8568° E
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Monte Arcosu
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Description

Wikipedia

Monte Arcosu is a mountain in the Sulcis massif, in southern Sardinia, Italy. It has an elevation of 948 metres (3,110 ft). The mountain has a characteristically truncated cone shape, resulting from the differential erosion which followed its formation during the Variscan orogeny. The massif is formed by a granitic intrusion from the Carboniferous, lying on a Paleozoic schist basement and in turn surmounted by Paleozoic scists. The Variscan orogeny removed the upper schist layer from all the massif's peaks but Monte Arcosu, modelling it and showing the granite along the steep slopes.

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Punta Palaniedda 833 m W 273° 0.7 km
Punta Perdu Catta 663 m SE 138° 1.2 km
R.ca Concale Petuntu 623 m SE 156° 2.1 km
Monti Genna Strinta 856 m SW 204° 3.4 km
Monte Genna Spina 970 m SW 227° 5.0 km