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MONTE GARGANO (anc. Garganus Mons)

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 466 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MONTE See also:GARGANO (anc. Garganus See also:Mons)  , a massive mountainous See also:peninsula projecting E. from the N. See also:coast of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, and belonging geologically to the opposite Dalmatian coast; it was indeed separated from the See also:rest of Italy by an See also:arm of the See also:sea as See also:late as the See also:Tertiary See also:period . The highest point (See also:Monte See also:Calvo) is 3465 ft. above sea-level . The See also:oak forests for which it was renowned in See also:Roman times have entirely disappeared .

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