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{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}

{{Infobox mountain
| name = Antelao
| photo = Monte Antelao 6.jpg
| photo_caption = Monte Antelao from Monte Rite.
| elevation_m = 3263
| elevation_ref = <ref name="peaklist">[http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/EuroCoreP1500m.html European high-prominence peaks"]. Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2014-05-19.</ref>
| prominence_m = 1734
| prominence_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/>
| map = Italy
| map_caption = Italy
| listing = [[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]],<br/>  [[List of mountains of the Alps above 3000 m|Alpine mountains above 3000 m]]
| location = [[Province of Belluno]], [[Italy]]
| range = [[Dolomites]]
| coordinates = {{coord|46|27|9|N|12|15|38|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/>
| first_ascent = 18 September 1863 by [[Paul Grohmann]], F. Lacedelli, A. Lacedelli, and Matteo Ossi [http://www.paretiverticali.it/STORIAALPINISTICA.htm] or perhaps already around 1860 by Matteo Ossi [http://www1.dolomiti-altevie.it/inglese/altaVia/StoriaAlpinistica.htm]
| easiest_route = Exposed [[scrambling|scramble]], {{YDS|4}}
}}

'''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.

The summit was reached for the first time in 1850 by the hunter Matteo Ossi from San Vito, who then accompanied the mountaineer [[Paul Grohmann]] to the summit in 1863. The modern [[Alta Via 4]] trail which goes through Antelao has a nickname Alta Via di Grohmann.

The easiest route is from the north, known as the "Laste", a steep, narrow ridge.<ref name="peakware">{{cite peakware|id=1769|name=Monte Antelao}}</ref> It involves a good deal of [[Glossary of climbing terms#E|exposure]], and a few short technical sections, such as a chimney, protected by cables. There is a refuge, the Rifugio Galassi, which is located below the Forcella Piccola in the upper Val d'Oten.<ref>[https://www.rifugiogalassi.it/ Rifugio Galassi]</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="130">
File:Antelao in gennaio.jpg
File:Antelao Lago di Mosigo.jpg|Antelao view from [[Lago di Mosigo]]
File:Antelao da San Vito.jpg
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Golden age of alpinism]]
* [[List of mountains of the Alps]]
* [[Prominence]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite peakbagger|pid=10124|title=Antelao, Italy}}
* [http://www.rifugioantelao.it Rifugio Antelao: one of the huts surrounding Antelao]
*[http://www.summitpost.org/antelao-monte/203814 Antelao on Summitpost.org]
*[http://www.hike.uno/mountain/monte_antelao/39/2983 Antelao on Hike.uno]
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[[Category:Mountains of Veneto]]
[[Category:Mountains of the Alps]]
[[Category:Alpine three-thousanders]]
[[Category:Dolomites]]


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