Monte Nudo

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Monte Nudo
Massiccio monte Nudo da Cannero RIviera.png
Highest point
Elevation 1,237 m (4,058 ft)
Coordinates 45°55′24″N08°41′18″E / 45.92333°N 8.68833°E / 45.92333; 8.68833
Geography
Location Lombardy, Italy
Parent range Lugano Prealps

Monte Nudo is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy. It has an elevation of 1,237 metres. Administratively it belongs to the province of Varese.

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Etymology

In Italian Nudo means Naked; this comes from the lack of trees which characterized the mountain until the 1970s.

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way: [1]

Notes

  1. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN   978-88-8068-273-8.


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