Punta Artica | |
Map: | France Corsica |
Relief: | 1 |
Map Size: | 260 |
Label Position: | top |
Elevation M: | 2327 |
Coordinates: | 42.2647°N 8.9706°W |
Country: | France |
State: | Haute-Corse |
State Type: | Department |
Punta Artica or Monte Artica is a mountain in the department of Haute-Corse on the island of Corsica, France.It is in the Monte Rotondo massif.
The peak of Punta Artica is in the commune of Casamaccioli just south of the border with the commune of Albertacce.It is the highest point on the ridge line that separates the Golo and Tavignano valleys.
Punta Artica is high.It has a clean prominence of .Its isolation is from A Maniccia, to the southeast, which has an elevation of .
Edward Lear (1812–1888) wrote in 1870,