Reventino is a massif in the southern
Apennines
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (; grc-gre, links=no, Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; la, Appenninus or – a singular with plural meaning;''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which wou ...
, in
Calabria
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, southern
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
. It has a maximum elevation of . It marks the narrowest point of the
Italian peninsula, being at the top of the
Isthmus of Catanzaro 240px, Satellite view of the isthmus.
The Isthmus of Catanzaro (or ''Isthmus of Marcellinara'', also called ''Saddle of Catanzaro'' or ''Saddle of Marcellinara'' due to its morphology) is a narrow strip of land separating the Ionian Sea from the Ty ...
that separates the
Ionian and
Tyrrhenian Sea
The Tyrrhenian Sea (; it, Mar Tirreno , french: Mer Tyrrhénienne , sc, Mare Tirrenu, co, Mari Tirrenu, scn, Mari Tirrenu, nap, Mare Tirreno) is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenian pe ...
s.
The massif is bordered by the
Savuto
The Savuto is a river and valley in Calabria, Southern Italy, that lies at the intersection of the provinces of Province of Cosenza, Cosenza and Province of Catanzaro, Catanzaro. It is also the name of a Denominazione di Origine Controllata, DOC ...
river valley from the north, the
Sant'Eufemia Plain southwards, and the Tyrrhenian Sea and the
Sila Piccola sub-range. The maximum elevation is included in the territory of
Platania
Platania is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Catanzaro in the western part of the Calabria region of Italy.
Bounding communes
* Conflenti
* Decollatura
* Lamezia Terme
* Serrastretta
Serrastretta is a town and ''comune'' in the province ...
Sources
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External links
Website of the Reventino Mountain Community
Mountains of Calabria
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