Monte Leco
{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}
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Piedmont, Italy
| range = Ligurian Apennines
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Monte Leco is a mountain in Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Apennines. It is located in the provinces of Genoa and Alessandria. It lies at an altitude of 1072 metres.
Access to the summit
The mountain is easily accessible by signposted tracks departing from Bocchetta Pass or Isoverde (municipality of Campomorone).
The Alta Via dei Monti Liguri, a long-distance trail from Ventimiglia (province of Imperia) to Bolano (province of La Spezia), passes very close to the mountain's summit.{{cite book |url= http://www.altaviadeimontiliguri.it/portale/resources/cms/documents/04_MIGNANEGO.pdf |author= Fabrizio Oneto and Fabrizio Càlzia |title= L'alta via dei monti liguri - Monti di Genova |website= www.altaviadeimontiliguri.it |language= Italian |publisher= Galata |accessdate= 2016-04-09 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20151211154412/http://www.altaviadeimontiliguri.it/portale/resources/cms/documents/04_MIGNANEGO.pdf |archivedate= 2015-12-11 }}
Nature conservation
The mountain and its surrounding area are part of a SIC (Site of Community Importance) called Praglia – Pracaban – M. Leco – P. Martin (code: IT1331501).Bollettino Ufficiale Regione Liguria nr.13 of 15-7-2009; the Ligurian SIC list is on-line at [https://lrv.regione.liguria.it/liguriass_prod/class/download.php?urndoc=urn:nir:regione.liguria:legge:2009-07-10;28:5&ext=ORIG lrv.regione.liguria.it] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305041714/https://lrv.regione.liguria.it/liguriass_prod/class/download.php?urndoc=urn%3Anir%3Aregione.liguria%3Alegge%3A2009-07-10%3B28%3A5&ext=ORIG |date=2016-03-05 }} (access: July 2015) Its northern slopes are included in the Piedmontese natural park of the Capanne di Marcarolo.Siti di Importanza Comunitaria (SIC), Regione Piemonte, list on [http://gis.csi.it/parchi/sic.pdf gis.csi.it] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204748/http://gis.csi.it/parchi/sic.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }} (accessed on April 2016)
References
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Category:Mountains of Piedmont
Category:One-thousanders of Italy
Category:Mountains of the Apennines
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