Cima Fontanaccia is a 1153 metres high mountain in the Ligurian Apennines, in Italy.
| Cima Fontanaccia | |
|---|---|
 The summit | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,153 m (3,783 ft).[1] |
| Prominence | 65 m (213 ft)[2] |
| Coordinates | 44°25′17.73″N 08°36′42.63″E / 44.4215917°N 8.6118417°E |
| Naming | |
| English translation | Bad spring summit |
| Language of name | Italian |
| Geography | |
  Cima Fontanaccia Location in Italy | |
| Location | Liguria, Italy |
| Parent range | Ligurian Apennines |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | ancestral |
| Easiest route | South-West ridge |
Geography
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The mountain is located in the province of Genova, in Liguria, and belongs to the municipality of Cogoleto. It stands on a brief ridge which, starting from the main chain of the Apennines near Rocca del Lago, heads south-east towards the Ligurian Sea and after Cima Fontanaccia continues with Monte Rama and Bric Camulà.[3]
Access to the summit
editThe summit of Cima Fontanaccia can be accessed following a short unmarked track departing from the footpath connecting Monte Rama and Rifugio Prato Rotondo.[4]
Nature conservation
editThe mountain is included in the Parco naturale regionale del Beigua.[5]
Mountain huts
edit- Rifugio Prato Rotondo (1108 m).
- Rifugio Padre Rino (903 m)[6]
References
edit- ^ Limiti Amministrativi (Comunali, Provinciali, Regionali) sc. 1:25000 - ed. 2011; Regione Liguria, on-line map on geoportale.regione.liguria.it.
- ^ Key col: saddle near Rocca del Lago (1088 m)
- ^ Istituto Geografico Centrale - Carta dei sentieri 1:50.000 n. 16 Genova - Varazze -Ovada
- ^ Monte Rama (1148 mt), Cima Fontanaccia (1153 m) e Bric Damè (1193 m), article of users peter86 e laura61, on www.hikr.org
- ^ Parco Naturale Regional del Beigua (in Italian, English, German, and French)
- ^ Rama (Monte) anello da Case Soprane per il monte Argentea, article of user franco@A on www.gulliver.it
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