Monte Pracaban

{{short description|Mountain in Italy}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Monte Pracaban | image = Monte pracaban cima.jpg | image_caption = Summit cairn | elevation_m = 946 <ref>I.G.C. - Carta dei sentieri 1:50.000 n. 16 ''Genova - Varazze -Ovada''</ref> | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | range = Ligurian Apennines | location = Liguria and Piedmont, Italy | map = Italy | map_caption = Location in Italy | label_position = | coordinates = {{coord|44|33|06|N|8|44|18|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref =  | topo = | type = | age = | easiest_route = hike | first_ascent = ancestral }}

''' Monte Pracaban''' is a mountain in the Valle Stura, Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Apennines.

== Geography == The mountain is located on the boundary between the ''comune'' of Campo Ligure in Liguria, and that of Bosio in Piedmont.

== Nature conservation == The ligurian side of the mountain and its surrounding area are included in a SIC ''(Site of Community Importance)'' called ''Praglia - Pracaban - M. Leco - P. Martin'' (code IT1331501).<ref>"Secondo elenco aggiornato dei siti di importanza comunitaria per la regione biogeografica mediterranea in Italia", GU 24-4-2009. Source: [http://www.arbea.basilicata.it/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=5037&Itemid= Ministero dell'Ambiente]. (accessed in January 2013)</ref> Its NE slopes are included in the Piedmontese natural park of the ''Capanne di Marcarolo''.<ref>''Siti di Importanza Comunitaria (SIC)'', Regione Piemonte, list on [http://gis.csi.it/parchi/sic.pdf gis.csi.it] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204748/http://gis.csi.it/parchi/sic.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }} (accessed in January 2013)</ref>

==References== {{reflist}} <br> {{Mountains of Liguria}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pracaban}} Category:Mountains of Liguria Category:Mountains of Piedmont Category:Natura 2000 in Italy Category:Mountains under 1000 metres Category:Mountains of the Apennines