Monte Carmo

{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}

{{For|the alpine mountain|Monte Carmo di Loano}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Monte Carmo

| photo = Monte Carmo e Capanne di Carrega.jpg

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| elevation_m = 1640

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| map = Italy

| map_caption = Location in Italy

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| location = Liguria, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

| range = Ligurian Apennine

| coordinates = {{coord|44|36|54|N|09|11|56|E|display:inline,title}}

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Monte Carmo is a mountain in the Ligurian Apennine, northern Italy.

Geography

The mountain is located at the boundary between the three regions of Liguria, Piedmont and Emilia-Romagna. With an altitude of {{convert|1640|m|ft|0}},Appennino ligure e tosco-emiliano, Marco Salvo and Daniele Canossini, Touring Club Italiano, 2003; [https://books.google.com/books?id=4FIwXk57NGIC&dq=monte+carmo+carrega&pg=PA134 books.google.it] it is part of the Monte Antola Group. Nearby are the Val Borbera, Val Trebbia, Val Boreca and Valle Terenzone valleys.

Its summit is a tripoint at which the borders of the regions of Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria meet.

Hiking

Monte Carmo was crossed by the so-called "Lombard Salt Road", which from Pavia led to Torriglia and then to Genoa.

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