Monte Tamaro
Monte Tamaro is a mountain of the Lugano Prealps, overlooking Lake Maggiore in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Reaching a height of 1,962 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit of the chain located between Lake Maggiore and Lake Lugano, which also includes Monte Lema.Places of Interest
Highlights include Alpe di Neggia and Monte Gradiccioli.
Alpe di Neggia
Mountain saddle
Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alpe di Neggia is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It connects Vira and Indemini. The pass lies in the saddle between Monte Tamaro and Monte Gambarogno. The maximum grade of the pass road is 12 percent.
Monte Gradiccioli
Peak
Photo: Elvezio, Public domain.
Monte Gradiccioli is a mountain of the Lugano Prealps, located between Indemini and Sigirino in the canton of Ticino. It lies south of Monte Tamaro, on the range between Lake Maggiore and Lake Lugano.
Monte Gambarogno
Peak
Monte Gambarogno is a mountain of the Lugano Prealps, overlooking Lake Maggiore in the canton of Ticino. It lies on the range between Lake Maggiore and Lake Lugano, culminating at Monte Tamaro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Indemini and Mezzovico-Vira.
Indemini
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Indemini is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 April 2010, the former municipalities of Caviano, Contone, Gerra Gambarogno, Indemini, Magadino, Piazzogna, San Nazzaro, Sant'Abbondio and Vira Gambarogno merged into the new municipality of Gambarogno.
Mezzovico-Vira
Village
Mezzovico-Vira is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Biegno
Hamlet
Photo: EinDao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Biegno is a village in the comune of Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca in the Province of Varese in Italy. In 2001 it had a population of 90.
Monte Tamaro
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,962 metres
- Description: mountain of the Lugano Prealps
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Gambarogno, Locarno District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.10389° or 46° 6′ 14″ northLongitude
8.86603° or 8° 51′ 58″ eastElevation
1,962 metres (6,437 feet)Open location code
8FRC4V38+HCOpenStreetMap ID
node 26863984OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Monte Tamaro” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مونت تامارو”
- Catalan: “Monte Tamaro”
- Catalan: “Puig Tamaro”
- Cebuano: “Monte Tamaro”
- Chinese: “塔馬羅山”
- Chinese: “塔马罗山”
- Dutch: “Monte Tamaro”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت تامارو”
- French: “Monte Tamaro”
- Georgian: “მონტე-ტამარო”
- German: “Monte Tamaro”
- Hebrew: “מונטה טמארו”
- Italian: “monte Tamaro”
- Italian: “Monte Tamaro”
- Italian: “Tamaro”
- Japanese: “モンテ・タマロ”
- Ladin: “Monte Tamaro”
- Lombard: “Tamer”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Monte Tamaro”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Monte Tamaro”
- Polish: “Monte Tamaro”
- Romansh: “Monte Tamaro”
- Spanish: “Monte Tamaro”
- Swedish: “Monte Tamaro”
- Venetian: “Monte Tamaro”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bocchetta del Motto Rotondo and Bassa di Indemini.
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