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{{short description|Highest mountain on the island of Corsica}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Monte Cinto
| photo = Verda48a.jpg
| photo_caption = Monte Cinto from [[Capu Biancu]] (2,562 m)
| elevation_m = 2706
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| location = [[Corsica]], [[France]]
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'''Monte Cinto''' ({{langx|co|Monte Cintu}}) is the highest mountain on the island of [[Corsica]], a [[region]] of [[France]].

== Geography ==
The elevation of the mountain is {{convert|2706|m|ft}} and so is its [[Topographic prominence|prominence]], making it one of the most prominent peaks in [[Europe]].
It is the highest peak of the [[Monte Cinto massif]], one of the four main massifs in Corsica.

Its location gives it a theoretical panorama of mountains on mainland Europe stretching from near [[Marseille]] to [[Rome]]. The most distant mountain theoretically visible is [[Monte Rosa]] in [[Italy]], just west of north, approximately {{convert|405|km|mi|abbr=on}} away.<ref>http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/EUR/CINTO-N.gif {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312131110/http://viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/EUR/CINTO-N.gif |date=2017-03-12 }} {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}</ref>

== History ==
The first known ascent of Monte Cinto was on 6 June 1882, by a party led by Édouard Rochat who reached the summit via the mountain's southern slopes. On 26 May 1883 a party led by the English mountaineer [[Francis Fox Tuckett]], and including the French guide [[François Devouassoud]] and the landscape painter [[Edward Theodore Compton]], also ascended the mountain by the pass that now bears Tuckett's name.
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Today, the [[GR 20]] hiking trail passes close to Monte Cinto, and walkers can make a short detour to the summit.

==See also==
* [[List of European ultra prominent peaks]]
* [[List of islands by highest point]]

==References==
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==External links==
* Computer generated digital panoramas from Monte Cinto: [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/EUR/Cinto-N.gif North] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312131110/http://viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/EUR/CINTO-N.gif |date=2017-03-12 }} [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/EUR/Cinto-S.gif South] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008011157/http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/EUR/Cinto-S.gif |date=2007-10-08 }}
* [http://www.ii.uib.no/~petter/mountains/2000mtn/cinto.html More information and trip report]
* [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10246 "Monte Cinto, France" on Peakbagger]

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{{Landforms of Haute-Corse}}

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[[Category:Mountains of Haute-Corse]]
[[Category:Two-thousanders of France]]


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