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Monte Arcosu is a mountain in the Sulcis massif, in southern Sardinia, Italy. It has an elevation of 948 metres (3,110 ft).

Monte Arcosu
Highest point
Elevation	948 m (3,110 ft)
Coordinates	39°11′42″N 8°51′25″E
Geography
Monte Arcosu Sardinia, Italy
Parent range	Sulcis Mountains

The mountain has a characteristically truncated cone shape, resulting from the differential erosion which followed its formation during the Variscan orogeny. The massif is formed by a granitic intrusion from the Carboniferous, lying on a Paleozoic schist basement and in turn surmounted by Paleozoic scists^{[check spelling]}. The Variscan orogeny removed the upper schist layer from all the massif's peaks but Monte Arcosu, modelling it and showing the granite along the steep slopes.

Sources

• Barca, Sebastiano; Di Gregorio, Felice (1993). "Geologia e paesaggio in Sulcis". I Parchi della Sardegna. Cagliari: Edisar. pp. 238–240. ISBN 88-86004-35-4.

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Il monte Arcosu è una montagna del massiccio del Sulcis, alta 948 m.

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