Location of the range in Italy.

The Aurunci Mountains (Italian Monti Aurunci) is mountain range of southern Lazio, in central Italy. They are part of the Antiappennini, a group running from the Apennines chain to the Tyrrhenian Sea. They are bounded northwards by the Ausoni Mountains and the territories of Pico and Campodimele, eastwards by the Ausente River Valley, and southwards by the Garigliano River. The Himalaya as seen from the International Space Station A mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ... Lazio (Latium in Latin) is a regione of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... This is about the terrestrial mountain range. ... Tyrrhenian Sea. ... For other meanings of Pico see Pico (disambiguation) Pico (symbol p) is a prefix in the SI system of units denoting a factor of 10-12. ... Campodimele is a town and commune in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region of central Italy. ... The Garigliano is a river in central Italy. ...

They take the name from the ancient tribe of the Aurunci. They constitute a Regional Park, the Parco Naturale dei Monti Aurunci, created in 1997. Aurunci, the name given by the Romans to a tribe which in historical times occupied only a strip of coast on either side of the Mons Massicus between the Volturnus and the Liris, although it must at an earlier period have extended over a considerably wider area. ...

The Monti Aurunci are mainly mainly constituted by friable limestone, which become more solid going towards Gaeta shore's rocks. Altitudes vary from hills to the 1,533 m of Monte Petrella. Main peaks include the Redentore (1,252 m) and Monte Sant'Angelo (1,402 m). Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... Gaeta (ancient Latin name Caieta) is a city in Province of Latina, in Lazio, Italy. ...

See also

• Apennines
• Antiapennines
• Geology of Italy
• Lazio

This is about the terrestrial mountain range. ... Lazio (Latium in Latin) is a regione of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ...

External links

• Parco Naturale dei Monti Aurunci website(English) (Italian)