{{Short description|Mountain pass in Corsica, France}} {{Infobox mountain pass | name = Col de Prato | other_name = {{native name|co|Bocca di u Pratu}} | photo = File:Morosaglia Terchini et Colle vers le col de Prato.jpg | photo_size = | photo_alt = | photo_caption = The hamlets of Terchini and Colle on the climb to the Prato pass | map = Corsica#France | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_relief = y | map_size = | label = | label_position = | elevation_m = 985 | elevation_ref = {{sfn|Col de Prato, Géoportail}} | traversed = | length_km = | length_ref = | grade_avg = | grade_max = | ascent = | traversed2 = | length_km2 = | length_ref2 = | grade_avg2 = | grade_max2 = | ascent2 = | traversed3 = | length3 = | length_km3 = | length_mi3 = | length_ref3 = | grade_avg3 = | grade_max3 = | ascent3 = | location = | range = [[Monte San Petrone]] | coordinates = {{coord|42|25|39|N|9|19|53|E|display=it}} | coordinates_ref = {{sfn|Col de Prato, Géoportail}} | topo = | embedded = | child = }} The '''Col de Prato''' ({{langx|co|'''Bocca di u Pratu'''}}) is a mountain pass in the [[Haute-Corse]] department of Corsica, France.
==Location==
The pass is at an elevation of {{convert|985|m}}.{{sfn|Col de Prato, Géoportail}} It is in the [[Monte San Petrone Massif]], to the north of the {{convert|1767|m}} [[Monte San Petrone]]. The D71 road from [[Morosaglia]] to the northwest runs through the pass and continues south and then east to the coast near [[Valle-di-Campoloro]].{{sfn|Node: Col de Prato (2825400235)}}
It crosses between the valley of the [[Casaluna]], a tributary of the [[Golo (river)|Golo]], and the valley of the [[Fium'Alto]]. The Ruisseau de Campo di Melo rises on its western side.{{sfn|Ruisseau de Campo di Melo, Sandre}} This flows into the Ruisseau de Conca (called the Prunitaccio downstream), a tributary of the Casaluna.{{sfn|Ruisseau de Prunitaccio, Sandre}} The Ruisseau de Lavatoio et de Noceta rises on the eastern side of the pass, which successively joins with other streams before ending up in the Fium’Alto.{{sfn|Ruisseau de Lavatoio et de Noceta, Sandre}}
==Geology==
The Prato Pass is located in the "Alpine Corsica" composed of glazed shales and green rocks (ophiolites), on the ridge of the Monte San Petrone Massif. "South of Quercitello is the Prato Pass (altitude 974 m.); there is a quarry there in a gray, phyllite limestone, giving a good stone for paving roads. This limestone is in the lens state at the top of the white mica shales; the benches slope to the west. These shale sediments with limestone banks exist between the Prato Pass and Morosaglia where they are sometimes cut by gabbro-serpentine veins."{{sfn|Hollande|1917|p=103}}
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==Sources== {{refbegin}} *{{citation |url=https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/carte?c=9.33139,42.4275&z=5.0E-5&l0=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS::GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes |title=Col de Prato |work=Géoportail |language=fr |accessdate=2022-01-20 |ref={{harvid|Col de Prato, Géoportail}} }} *{{citation |journal=Bulletin de la Société des Sciences historiques et naturelles de la Corse |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57250157/f109.item |last=Hollande |first=D. |title=Géologie de la Corse |publisher=Veuve Ollagnier Bastia |date=January 1917}} *{{citation |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2825400235 |accessdate=2022-01-20 |title=Node: Col de Prato (2825400235) |work=OpenStreetMap |ref={{harvid|Node: Col de Prato (2825400235)}} }} *{{citation |url=https://www.sandre.eaufrance.fr/geo/CoursEau_Carthage2017/Y7021920 |accessdate=2022-01-20 |language=fr |title=Ruisseau de Campo di Melo |work=[[Sandre]] |ref={{harvid|Ruisseau de Campo di Melo, Sandre}} }} *{{citation |url=https://www.sandre.eaufrance.fr/geo/CoursEau_Carthage2017/Y9311600 |language=fr |accessdate=2022-01-20 |title=Ruisseau de Lavatoio et de Noceta |work=[[Sandre]] |ref={{harvid|Ruisseau de Lavatoio et de Noceta, Sandre}} }} *{{citation |url=http://id.eaufrance.fr/CoursEau/Y7020580 |accessdate=2022-01-20 |language=fr |title=Ruisseau de Prunitaccio |work=[[Sandre]] |ref={{harvid|Ruisseau de Prunitaccio, Sandre}} }} {{refend}} {{Landforms of Haute-Corse}} {{authority control}}
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