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Monte Tancia thrust fault

Monte Tancia thrust fault, seen from above at true elevation

Monte Tancia thrust fault is a cliff, at a modelled elevation of 843 m. Monte Tancia stands 1,292 m to the north, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocca di Tancia, a historic site 0.2 miles away.

This outcrop is one of the most important geological sites in central Italy. Here we can see the thrust of Mount Tancia overlaying the Majolica Formation (Cretaceous, Tithonian p.p.-Barremian, 145-125 Ma) on the Scaglia Variegata Formation (Paleogene, Lut

How to reach it

Coordinates42.30631, 12.74166

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Rocca di Tancia: 0.2 mi
  • Boccasanta Patrizio: 1.3 mi
  • Eremo San Leonardo: 1.9 mi
  • Mulino ad Acqua: 2.0 mi
  • Monumento a Salvo D'Acquisto: 2.6 mi
Peaks
  • Monticchio: 0.9 mi
  • Tancia - vetta meridionale: 1.1 mi
  • Monte Ode: 1.2 mi
  • Monte Menicoccio: 1.4 mi
  • Monte Tancia: 1.5 mi
Parks
  • Parco dell'Auditorium: 4.0 mi
  • Parco Comunale La Croce: 4.0 mi
  • Area Comunale Palazzo Baronale Orsini-Naro: 4.0 mi
  • Giardini: 4.1 mi
  • giardino all'italiana del Castello: 5.1 mi
Museums: 44
Artworks: 44
Attractions: 38
  • Canonica: 6.3 mi
  • Antica Farmacia: 6.3 mi
  • Ospedale E. Cimini: 6.3 mi
  • Giardini della Rocca: 6.3 mi
  • Oratorio: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 15
Cliffs: 14
  • Falesie Poggio Catino: 2.6 mi
  • Falesie Poggio Catino: 2.6 mi
  • Falesie Poggio Catino: 2.7 mi
  • Falesie Poggio Catino: 2.7 mi
  • Settore D: 9.3 mi
Springs: 11
  • Fonte Peschiolo: 4.6 mi
  • Fonte Bandusia: 7.4 mi
  • Santa Pudenziana: 17.5 mi
  • Fonte del Lecinetto: 18.0 mi
  • Fonte Levinosa: 18.4 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Via Guglielmo Marconi: 18.3 mi
  • Parco Robinson: 18.5 mi
  • Parco della chiesa: 19.7 mi
  • Giardino all'italiana: 23.3 mi
  • Giardino della Memoria e della Speranza: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Beaches: 2
  • Chiringuito - Società Canottieri Piediluco: 16.1 mi
  • Le mole: 18.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Monte Tancia thrust fault. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monte TanciaN 2°1,292 m1.5 mi
Monte PizzutoNNW 337°1,288 m2.1 mi
Tancia - vetta meridionaleN 6°1,281 m1.1 mi
Monte Macchia GelataNNW 343°1,258 m3.2 mi
Monte Porco MortoNNW 345°1,258 m4.8 mi
Punta FerrettiNNW 337°1,249 m1.8 mi
Monte AltoN 351°1,245 m3.5 mi
Monte LuparaN 356°1,231 m10.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:1417:4418:21
June solstice05:3320:0720:50
September equinox06:5718:3219:09
December solstice07:3515:5516:40

Local time (Europe/Rome).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/9788162709

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