{{short description|Mountain in Italy}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Monte Meta | image = Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise.jpg | image_caption =View from Valle Pagana | elevation_m = 2241 | elevation_ref = <ref>{{Cite book| title = Abruzzo con lo zaino | publisher = Edizioni Mediterranee | first = Adriano | last = Barnes | year = 1987 | page = 155| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=y1XJTgWqmc0C&q=%22Monte+Meta%22&pg=PA155 | access-date = 2016-07-15}}</ref> | prominence = | location = Molise, Lazio, Abruzzo - Italy | range = Monti della Meta | map = Italy | range_coordinates = | map_caption = Location in Italy | coordinates = {{coord|41|41|19.68|N|13|56|23.35|E|type:mountain_region:IT_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | topo = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Hike }}
'''Monte Meta''' (or simply '''La Meta'''<ref name=pkb/>) is a mountain of the Apennine Mountains, in Southern Italy.
== Geography == The mountain is part of the Monti della Meta range and lies in the Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise. It includes a tripoint where the Italian regions of Lazio, Abruzzo and Molise meet; concerned comuni are Alfedena (AQ), Picinisco (FR) and Pizzone (IS).<ref name=IGM>Carta 1:25.00, ''Istituto Geografico Militare'' (on-line:[http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ www.pcn.minambiente.it])</ref> The tripoint is located on its western sub-summit, at 2185 m, which is also the highest point of Molise.<ref name=pkb>{{Cite web | title = Italy Region High Points | url = http://peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=12270 | access-date = 2016-07-15}}</ref>
== Toponymy == More than ''Monte Meta'' (masculine) the mountain is usually called in the spoken language ''la Meta'' (feminine);<ref>{{Cite web | title = Sentiero di accesso al Monte Meta | publisher = Parco Nazionale Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise | url = https://www.google.it/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=%22monte%20meta%22%20%22%20la%20meta%22%20femminile | access-date = 2016-07-16}}</ref> it gives the name to the Monti della Meta, an Apennine sub-range.
== Access to the summit == thumb|La Meta covered with snow (march) Due to an important population of ''Rupicapra pyrenaica ssp. ornata'' living on the mountain, the access to the area is strictly regulated in order to reduce disturbance. A single footpath (named ''L1'') is accessible to hikers during the summer. Also the days of the week for hikes and the number of hikers admitted per day are fixed, and a previous authorization must be requested to the natural park administration.<ref>{{Cite web | title = MONTE META A NUMERO CHIUSO DAL 13 AGOSTO AL 5 SETTEMBRE | url = http://www.prolocoalfedena.org/doceboCms/index.php?mn=news&pi=93_404&id=269 | website = www.prolocoalfedena.org | publisher = Pro Loco di Alfedena | access-date = 2016-07-16 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160814190857/http://www.prolocoalfedena.org/doceboCms/index.php?mn=news&pi=93_404&id=269 | archive-date = 2016-08-14 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Italy|Mountains}} * List of Italian regions by highest point
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==External links== * {{Cite web | url = http://abruzzomolisenatura.forumfree.it/?t=33660359 |title = L1 foothpat description }} * {{Cite web | url =http://www.sentierinatura.it/easyne2/LYT.aspx?Code=SentieriNatura&IDLYT=2713&ST=SQL&SQL=ID_Documento=3742 | title = Anello della Meta da Campitelli (a short trekking in the area }} {{commonscat-inline}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meta, Monte}} Category:Mountains of Molise Category:Mountains of Lazio Category:Mountains of Abruzzo Category:Highest points of Italian regions Category:Two-thousanders of Italy Category:Mountains of the Apennines