Cima Fontanaccia
| 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 |
Cima Fontanaccia is a 1153 metres high mountain in the Ligurian Apennines, in Italy.
Geography
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
The summit of Cima Fontanaccia can be accessed following a short unmarked trak departing from the foothpath connecting Monte Rama and Rifugio Prato Rotondo.[4]
Nature conservation
The mountain is included in the Parco naturale regionale del Beigua.[5]
Mountain huts
- Rifugio Prato Rotondo (1108 m).
- Rifugio Padre Rino (903 m)[6]
References
- ^ 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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