Monte Lema
Monte Lema | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,621 m (5,318 ft) |
Prominence | 140 m (460 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Monte Tamaro |
Isolation | 0.95 km (0.59 mi) |
Coordinates | 46°2′24.2″N 8°49′54.4″E / 46.040056°N 8.831778°ECoordinates: 46°2′24.2″N 8°49′54.4″E / 46.040056°N 8.831778°E |
Geography | |
Monte Lema Location in the Alps | |
Location | Ticino, Switzerland Lombardy, Italy |
Parent range | Lugano Prealps |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Aerial tramway |
Monte Lema (1,621 m) is a mountain of the Lugano Prealps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Its summit can easily reached by cable car from the village of Miglieglia (Ticino).
SOIUSA classification[]
According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[2]
- main part = Western Alps
- major sector = North Western Alps
- section = Lugano Prealps
- subsection = Prealpi Varesine
- supergroup = Catena Tamaro-Gambarogno-Lema
- group = Gruppo del Tamaro
- subgroup = Gruppo del Lema
- code = I/B-11.II-A.1.c
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Categories:
- Ticino geography stubs
- Mountains of the Alps
- Mountains of Switzerland
- Mountains of Ticino
- Cable cars in Switzerland
- One-thousanders of Italy
- One-thousanders of Switzerland
- Italy–Switzerland border
- Lugano Prealps