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

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