Monte Cinto is the highest mountain on the island of Corsica

Corsica

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, a région

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 of France

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. Its altitude is 2,706 m and so is its prominence

Topographic prominence

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, making it one of the most prominent peaks in Europe

Europe

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Its location gives it a theoretical panorama of mountains on mainland Europe stretching from near Marseille

Marseille

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 to Rome

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. The most distant mountain theoretically visible is Monte Rosa

Monte Rosa

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 in Switzerland

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, just west of north, an astonishing 405 km (251.7 mi) distant.

The first known ascent of Monte Cinto was by a party led by Édouard Rochat on June 6, 1882, who reached the summit via the mountain's southern slopes. On May 26, 1883, a party led by the English

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 mountaineer

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Francis Fox Tuckett, and including the guide F. Devouassoud and the landscape painter Compton, also ascended the mountain by the pass that now bears Tuckett's name.

External links

• Computer generated digital panoramas from Monte Cinto: North South
• More information and trip report