# Punta Artica

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Punta Artica Punta Artica from the village of Calasima Highest point Elevation 2,327 m (7,635 ft) Coordinates 42°15′53″N 08°58′14″E / 42.26472°N 8.97056°E / 42.26472; 8.97056 Geography Punta Artica Country France Department Haute-Corse

**Punta Artica** or **Monte Artica** is a mountain in the department of [Haute-Corse](/source/Haute-Corse) on the island of [Corsica](/source/Corsica), France. It is in the [Monte Rotondo Massif](/source/Monte_Rotondo_Massif).

## Location

The peak of Punta Artica is in the commune of [Casamaccioli](/source/Casamaccioli) just south of the border with the commune of [Albertacce](/source/Albertacce).[1] It is the highest point on the ridge line that separates the [Golo](/source/Golo_(river)) and [Tavignano](/source/Tavignano) valleys.[2]

## Physical

Punta Artica is 2,327 metres (7,635 ft) high. It has a clean prominence of 759 metres (2,490 ft). Its isolation is 8.02 kilometres (4.98 mi) from A Maniccia, to the southeast, which has an elevation of 2,496 metres (8,189 ft).[3]

## Description

Edward Lear (1812–1888) wrote in 1870,

A few minutes' walk suffices to cross the ridge, and to bring me on the opposite side of it to the descent leading through the forest of Valdoniello, into the great basin of the Niolo, which, from the point I now stand on, is seen below in its whole breadth and length to the north-east—Niolo, the heart of Corsican romance and liberty—its long lines of hill fading away into palest blue on the horizon. All the landscape here is on a greater scale than that I have left; the lofty Monte Artica on the south, and Monte Cinto (the highest summit in the island) on the north, tower above the head of this deep and wide valley of the Golo in snowy magnificence, enclosing it as it were with gigantic wings; and less lofty heights bar away the outer world from this compactly delineated canton throughout its whole extent.[4]

## Gallery

		- Summit from northeast (Col de Frame)

		- Punta Artica from Calasima

		- Église Saint-Nicolas, Calasima, with Punta Artica in background

		- Punta Artica (left) from the west

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENode:_Punta_Artica_(26864371)_1-0)** [Node: Punta Artica (26864371)](#CITEREFNode:_Punta_Artica_(26864371)).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPunta_Artica,_Paglia_Orba_2-0)** [Punta Artica, Paglia Orba](#CITEREFPunta_Artica,_Paglia_Orba).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELee_Newton_3-0)** [Lee Newton](#CITEREFLee_Newton).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELear1870_4-0)** [Lear 1870](#CITEREFLear1870).

## Sources

- Lear, Edward (1870), [*Journal of a landscape painter in Corsica*](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65582177.r=.langFR.textePage), London: R. J. Bush

- Lee Newton, ["Punta Artica, France"](https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=44152), *Peakbagger*, retrieved 2021-12-04

- ["Node: Punta Artica (26864371)"](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/26864371), *OpenStreetMap*, retrieved 2021-12-04

- ["Punta Artica"](http://paglia.orba.free.fr/gr/gr16arti.htm), *Paglia Orba*, retrieved 2021-12-04

v t e Landforms of the Haute-Corse department Massifs Monte Astu Monte Cinto Monte Incudine Monte Renoso Monte Rotondo Monte San Petrone Monte Stello Peaks Capo al Berdato Capu Biancu Capu Tafunatu Cima a i Mori Cima di e Follicie Monte Astu Monte Cinto Monte Grosso Monte Incudine Monte d'Oro Monte Padro Monte Renoso Monte Rotondo Monte San Petrone Monte Stello Paglia Orba Punta Artica Punta Minuta San Parteo Passes Bigorno Marsolino Prato Saint-Antoine Sainte-Marie San Colombano San Quilico Santa Lucia Santo Stefano Sorba Teghime Verde Vergio Vizzavona Communes Landforms Corse-du-Sud Waterbodies

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