Monte Orsa
Monte Orsa is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy, with an elevation of 998 metres. It is located in the Varese Prealps, in the Province of Varese, near the border with Switzerland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Poncione d’Arzo and Monte Pravello.
Poncione d’Arzo
Peak
The Poncione d'Arzo is a mountain of the Lugano Prealps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy, about 250 meters east of Monte Pravello. It lies south of Lake Lugano, on the group culminating at Monte San Giorgio.
Civic Museum of Fossils of Besano
Museum
Photo: Astrolabio90, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Civic Museum of Fossils of Besano, located in Besano, Italy, specializes in palaeontology and houses a collection of fossils that were found nearby.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saltrio and Arzo.
Saltrio
Village
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Saltrio is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 kilometres northwest of Milan and about 9 kilometres northeast of Varese, on the border with Switzerland.
Arzo
Village
Arzo was a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It had an area of 2.82 km2 and a population of 1,126 inhabitants.
Monte Orsa
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 993 metres
- Description: mountain in Italy; GeoNames ID = 7576249
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Viggiù, Varese, Lombardy, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.88791° or 45° 53′ 17″ northLongitude
8.91488° or 8° 54′ 54″ eastElevation
993 metres (3,258 feet)Open location code
8FQCVWQ7+5WOpenStreetMap ID
node 465507163OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Monte Orsa” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Monte Orsa”
- Italian: “monte Orsa”
- Italian: “Monte Orsa”
- Venetian: “Monte Orsa”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Falesia Monte Orsa and Monte Croce dell’Orsa.
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