Monte Gorzano is the highest peak in the
Monti della Laga
Monti della Laga is a mountain range in the central Apennines of Italy. Their ruggedness and inaccessibility makes them one of the lesser known areas of the Italian peninsula.
Geography
The mountains run for a length of about between the Italia ...
, in northern
Abruzzo
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, central
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 ...
. It has an elevation of and is also the highest peak of Lazio. It is located on the boundary with the provinces of
Teramo
Teramo (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Tèreme ) is a city and '' comune'' in the Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo.
The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines ( Gran Sasso d'Ital ...
in the
Abruzzo
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region and
Rieti
Rieti (; lat, Reate, Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabin ...
in the
Lazio
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region.
[ The source of the ]Tordino
The Tordino is a river flowing in the province of Teramo, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. In Roman times it may have been known as "Batinus".
The source of the Tordino is located between Monte Gorzano and Pelone, in the Monti della Laga s ...
is near Monte Gorzano (Fiumata).[
]
See also
* Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga
* 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 ...
References
Mountains of Lazio
Mountains of the Apennines
Highest points of Italian regions
Two-thousanders of Italy
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