Monte Rasu
Appearance
Monte Rasu | |
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Mount Rasu from the Tirso Valley in summer | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,259 m (4,131 ft) |
Prominence | 770 m (2,530 ft) ![]() |
Isolation | 40.1 km (24.9 mi) ![]() |
Geography | |
Parent range | Goceano |
Monte Rasu is a mountain in the Goceano's range, in the central west Sardinia, Italy. Its summit, called Punta Manna di Monte Rasu (1,259 m), is the highest peak in the province of Sassari.
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The mount is surrounded by the woods of Foresta Burgos, Sos Niberos and Badde Salighes, characterized for the presence of thousand-year trees of holly and taxus baccata, and woods of downy oaks, chestnuts and holm oaks.