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Reventino

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Reventino
The Reventino with the town of Decollatura.
Highest point
Elevation1,417 m (4,649 ft)
Coordinates39°04′04″N 16°18′18″E / 39.06778°N 16.30500°E / 39.06778; 16.30500
Geography
Reventino is located in Italy
Reventino
Reventino
Location in Italy
LocationCalabria, southern Italy
Parent rangeCalabrian Apennines

Reventino is a massif in the southern Apennines, in Calabria, southern Italy. It has a maximum elevation of 1,417 metres (4,649 ft). It marks the narrowest point of the Italian peninsula, being at the top of the Isthmus of Catanzaro that separates the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas.

The massif is bordered by the Savuto 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

Sources

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  • Bevilacqua, Francesco (2008). Il Parco del Reventino: guida storico-naturalistica ed escursionistica al gruppo dei monti Mancuso, Reventino, Tiriolo e Gimigliano, Soveria Mannelli. Rubbettino. ISBN 978-88-498-2052-2.
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