Mount Longa
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}}{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Longa
| translation = Long Mountain
| photo = LICJ (PMO) - Punta Raisi.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Logna in March 2008
| location = Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy
| elevation = {{convert|975|m|ft|0}}
| prominence = {{convert|429|m|ft|0}}
| range = Mountains of Palermo
| coordinates = {{coord|38|07|34.09|N|13|08|52.5|E|display=inline,title}}
}}Mount Longa (Italian: {{Lang|it|Mountagna Longa}} {{Abbr|lit.|literal translation}} Long Mountain) is a mountain located in the former Italian Province of Palermo in Sicily between the communes of Cinisi and Carini. Its highest peak is 975 meters mean sea level.{{Cite web |title=Montagna Longa |url=https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=144495 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=www.peakbagger.com}}
Description
Mount Longa is located between the communes of Carini, Cinisi and Terrasini, and is located near Palermo Airport.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
On 5 May 1972 Alitalia Flight 112 crashed into the mountain killing all 115 people on board. A memorial was installed at the crash site.{{Cite web |last=Bisconti |first=Alessandro |date=2017-05-05 |title=La strage, una croce, il silenzio: Montagna Longa, un mistero lungo 45 anni |trans-title=The Massacre, a Cross, the Silence: Montagna Longa, a 45-Year-Long Mystery |url=https://www.palermotoday.it/blog/amarcord1983/strage-montagna-longa-aereo-45-anni.html |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=PalermoToday |language=it}}
The {{Interlanguage link|Forestry Corps of the Sicilian Region|lt=Forestry Corps of the Sicilian Region|it|Corpo forestale della Regione siciliana}} use the mountain for fire spotting while radio and television broadcasters install repeaters there. A {{Convert|6|km|mi nmi}} hiking path to the top starts at the Santa Venera forest. Remains of lookout posts (possibly of Carthaginian origin) have been found near the summit by Palermo archaeologist Mannino.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
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