Antelao
Sign in to saveMonte Antelao (Cadorino dialect: Nantelòu) is the highest mountain in the eastern Dolomites (a section of the Alps) in northeastern Italy, southeast of the town of Cortina d'Ampezzo, in the region of Cadore. The Monte Antelao is an ultra-prominent peak (Ultra).
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Antelao
- Mountain.photo
- Monte Antelao 6.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Monte Antelao from Monte Rite.
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3263
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1734
- Mountain.map
- Italy
- Mountain.map_caption
- Italy
- Mountain.listing
- Ultra, Alpine mountains above 3000 m
- Mountain.location
- Province of Belluno, Italy
- Mountain.range
- Dolomites
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 18 September 1863 by Paul Grohmann, F. Lacedelli, A. Lacedelli, and Matteo Ossi or perhaps already around 1860 by Matteo Ossi [http://www1.dolomiti-altevie.it/inglese/altaVia/StoriaAlpinistica.htm
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Exposed scramble,
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- Elevation
- 3264
- Image
- Antelao.jpg
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- topographic prominence
- 1735
- topographic isolation
- 31.3
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Monte Antelao (Cadorino dialect: Nantelòu) is the highest mountain in the eastern Dolomites (a section of the Alps) in northeastern Italy, southeast of the town of Cortina d'Ampezzo, in the region of Cadore. The Monte Antelao is an ultra-prominent peak (Ultra).
It is known as the "King of the Dolomites" (Marmolada, the highest of all the Dolomites, is the "Queen" although composed mostly of limestones). As the highest pinnacle of the eastern Dolomites, the Antelao is not part of a closed massif or a high plateau, but a single, mighty rock pyramid. Like many Dolomite peaks, Antelao is steep, rocky, and pointed; it also sits close to the edge of the Dolomite uplift and so has dramatic drops to the nearby valleys. When the weather is good, Monte Antelao is clearly visible from Trieste on the Adriatic Sea.
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