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Monte Arcosu
Mountain in Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Monte Arcosu is a mountain in the Sulcis massif, in southern Sardinia, Italy. It has an elevation of 948 metres (3,110 ft).
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Monte Arcosu | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 948 m (3,110 ft) |
Coordinates | 39°11′42″N 8°51′25″E |
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Sardinia, Italy | |
Parent range | Sulcis Mountains |
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The mountain has a characteristically truncated cone shape, resulting from the differential erosion which followed its formation during the Variscan orogeny. The massif is formed by a granitic intrusion from the Carboniferous, lying on a Paleozoic schist basement and in turn surmounted by Paleozoic scists[check spelling]. The Variscan orogeny removed the upper schist layer from all the massif's peaks but Monte Arcosu, modelling it and showing the granite along the steep slopes.