Punta Artica or Monte Artica is a mountain in the department of
Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse (; co, Corsica suprana , or ; en, Upper Corsica) is (as of 2022) an administrative department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged wi ...
on the island of
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
, France.
It is in the
Monte Rotondo massif
The Monte Rotondo massif (french: Massif du Monte Rotondo) is a chain of mountains on the southern side of Corsica, France.
It takes its name from Monte Rotondo, the highest peak.
Location
The Monte Rotondo massif is one of the four main blocks ...
.
Location
The peak of Punta Artica is in the commune of
Casamaccioli
Casamaccioli is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Haute-Corse department
The following is a list of the 236 communes of the Haute-Corse department of France. ...
just south of the border with the commune of
Albertacce
Albertacce (; in Corsican ''E Lupertacce'', pronounced ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department in the Corsica region of France.
Geography
upright=2.4, center, Panorama of Albertacce
Albertacce is a commune of ''Niolu'' a long-inaccessib ...
.
It is the highest point on the ridge line that separates the
Golo and
Tavignano
The Tavignano (; co, Tavignanu) is a river on the island of Corsica, France.
Course
The Tavignano is long.
In antiquity the river was known as the ''Rhotanus'' or Ῥότανος.
It crosses the communes of Aléria, Altiani, Antisanti, Casamac ...
valleys.
Physical
Punta Artica is high.
It has a clean prominence of .
Its isolation is from A Maniccia, to the southeast, which has an elevation of .
Description
Edward Lear (1812–1888) wrote in 1870,
Gallery
File:Albertacce - Punta Artica.jpg, Punta Artica from the Vergio ski resort
File:Calacuccia usine électrique de Sovenzia et punta Artica.jpg, Sovenzia power plant and Punta Artica
File:Albertacce Calasima église et Punta Artica.jpg, Église Saint-Nicolas, Calasima, with Punta Artica in background
Notes
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Mountains of Haute-Corse