Rocca delle Penne
{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Rocca delle Penne
| photo = Rocca delle penne da tramontina.png
| photo_caption = The mountain seen from Rocca Tramontina
| photo_size =
| translation = Feathers' cliff
| language = Italian
| elevation_m = 1501
| elevation_ref = Italian official map 1:25.00 of Istituto Geografico Militare (on-line on [http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ www.pcn.minambiente.it])
| prominence_m = 122
| prominence_ref = key col: Colle di Caprauna (1379 m)
| range = Ligurian Alps
| parent_peak =
| listing =
| location = Liguria/Piedmont, Italy
| map = Alps
| map_caption = Location in the Alps
| label_position = left
| coordinates = {{coord|44|06|18.8|N|07|55|56.1|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| easiest_route = from Colle di Caprauna
| first_ascent = ancestral
}}
Rocca delle Penne is a 1501 metres high mountain in the Ligurian Prealps (part of the Ligurian Alps) in Italy.
Geography
File:Rocca delle Penne e Rocca Tramontina dal Monte della Guardia.png]]
The mountain is located between the province of Imperia, in Liguria, and the province of Cuneo, in Piedmont. In the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) it gives the name to the Dorsale della Rocca delle Penne,
{{cite book | last = Marazzi | first = Sergio
| title = Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA | page = 134
| publisher = Priuli & Verlucca | year = 2005
| language = it | isbn = 978-88-8068-273-8}} a ridge starting from the main chain of the Alps at monte della Guardia which, heading south-east, divides the valleys Arroscia and Pennaviare/Neva.Carta turistica ed escursionistica - Provincia di Savona 1:50.000 map; publisher: Provincia di Savona
The mountain is divided by monte della Guardia by the Caprauna pass (1379 m) and from the nearby rocca Tramontina (1495 m) by a saddle at 1470 m.
Access to the summit
The summit of Rocca della Penna can be accessed following unmarked traks on the ridge connecting Colle di Caprauna and rocca Tramontina.
References
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External links
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- {{in lang|it}} Hike description on Gulliver.it: [http://www.gulliver.it/itinerario/54296/ Tramontina (Rocca) da Armo per Ariolo (Monte) Castagnino (Bric) e Rocca delle Penne]
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{{Mountains of Liguria}}
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Category:Mountains of Piedmont