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Monte Meta (or simply La Meta) is a
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The tripoint is located on its western sub-summit, at 2185 m, which is also the highest point of
Due to an important population of '' Rupicapra pyrenaica ssp. ornata'' living on the mountain, the access to the area is strictly regulated in order to reduce disturbance. A single footpath (named ''L1'') is accessible to hikers during the summer. Also the days of the week for hikes and the number of hikers admitted per day are fixed, and a previous authorization must be requested to the natural park administration.
mountain
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of the Apennine Mountains
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, in central Italy
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.
Geography
The mountain is part of theMonti della Meta
The Monti della Meta are a massif of central Italy located around the junction point of the boundaries between the regions of Lazio, Abruzzo and Molise. The major of three massifs of the Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise, they take their ...
range and lies in the Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise. It includes a tripoint
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where the Italian regions of Lazio
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, Abruzzo
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and Molise
Molise (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Neapolitan, Mulise) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effe ...
meet; concerned comuni are Alfedena
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( AQ), Picinisco ( FR) and Pizzone
Pizzone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, about west of Campobasso and about northwest of Isernia near the Monti della Meta chain.
History
The area around Pizzone has been inhabited since th ...
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The tripoint is located on its western sub-summit, at 2185 m, which is also the highest point of
Molise
Molise (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Neapolitan, Mulise) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effe ...
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Toponymy
More than ''Monte Meta'' (masculine
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) the mountain is usually called in the spoken language ''la Meta'' (feminine); it gives the name to the Monti della Meta
The Monti della Meta are a massif of central Italy located around the junction point of the boundaries between the regions of Lazio, Abruzzo and Molise. The major of three massifs of the Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise, they take their ...
, an Apennine sub-range.
Access to the summit
Due to an important population of '' Rupicapra pyrenaica ssp. ornata'' living on the mountain, the access to the area is strictly regulated in order to reduce disturbance. A single footpath (named ''L1'') is accessible to hikers during the summer. Also the days of the week for hikes and the number of hikers admitted per day are fixed, and a previous authorization must be requested to the natural park administration.
See also
*List of Italian regions by highest point
This is a list of Italian regions by highest point. There are 20 regions, but in one case (Serra Dolcedorme) the highest point is shared between two of them (Basilicata and Calabria''Serra Dolcedorme, Italy'', page owww.peakbagger.comaccessed on 23 ...
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External links
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