# Monte Meta

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{{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](/source/Molise), [Lazio](/source/Lazio), [Abruzzo](/source/Abruzzo) - [Italy](/source/Italy)
| range = [Monti della Meta](/source/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](/source/Hiking)
}}

'''Monte Meta''' (or simply '''La Meta'''<ref name=pkb/>) is a [mountain](/source/mountain) of the [Apennine Mountains](/source/Apennine_Mountains), in Southern [Italy](/source/Italy).

== Geography ==
The mountain is part of the [Monti della Meta](/source/Monti_della_Meta) range and lies in the [Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise](/source/Parco_Nazionale_d'Abruzzo%2C_Lazio_e_Molise). It includes a [tripoint](/source/tripoint) where the Italian regions of [Lazio](/source/Lazio), [Abruzzo](/source/Abruzzo) and [Molise](/source/Molise) meet; concerned [comuni](/source/comune) are [Alfedena](/source/Alfedena) ([AQ](/source/Provincia_dell'Aquila)), [Picinisco](/source/Picinisco) ([FR](/source/provincia_di_Frosinone)) and [Pizzone](/source/Pizzone) ([IS](/source/provincia_di_Isernia)).<ref name=IGM>Carta 1:25.00, ''[Istituto Geografico Militare](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Grammatical_gender)) 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](/source/Monti_della_Meta), an [Apennine](/source/Apennine_Mountains) sub-range.

== Access to the summit ==
thumb|La Meta covered with snow (march)
Due to an important population of ''[Rupicapra pyrenaica](/source/Rupicapra_pyrenaica) ssp. [ornata](/source/Abruzzo_chamois)'' 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](/source/List_of_Italian_regions_by_highest_point)

==Notes==
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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 }}
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{{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

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