Monte Faito

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Monte Faito
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Monte Faito seen from Naples at dawn.
Highest point
Elevation 1,131 m (3,711 ft)
Coordinates 40°38′46″N14°30′49″E / 40.64611°N 14.51361°E / 40.64611; 14.51361 Coordinates: 40°38′46″N14°30′49″E / 40.64611°N 14.51361°E / 40.64611; 14.51361
Geography
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Monte Faito
Italy
Location Campania, Italy
Parent range Monti Lattari

Monte Faito is a mountain in the Monti Lattari, a small mountain range chain in the Campanian Pre-Apennines, on the Sorrentine Peninsula of southwestern Italy.

Geography

The summit has an elevation of 1,131 metres (3,711 ft).

The mountain is mostly composed of limestone rocks, and has steep walls directly plunging into the sea at the Gulf of Salerno.

The name derives from the local dialect faggeto, referring to the great numbers of beeches in the mountain area.

Access

Monte Faito can be reached through a cable car from Castellammare di Stabia. Other communes nearby include Vico Equense and Cava de' Tirreni.


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