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Monte Lema (1,621 m) is a
mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
of the Lugano Prealps, located on the border between Switzerland and
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. Its summit can easily reached by cable car from the village of
Miglieglia Miglieglia (; lmo, Mijoja) is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. History Numerous, but inconclusive archaeological findings indicate that there may have been a Roman era settlement near the current ...
(
Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...
).


SOIUSA classification

According to the
SOIUSA Alps by SOIUSA. SOIUSA (an acronym for - English: ''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps-ISMSA'') is a proposal for a new classification system of the Alps from the geographic and toponomastic point of view. It was desig ...
(''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the mountain can be classified in the following way: * main part =
Western Alps The Western Alps are the western part of the Alpine Range including the southeastern part of France (e.g. Savoie), the whole of Monaco, the northwestern part of Italy (i.e. Piedmont and the Aosta Valley) and the southwestern part of Switzerland ...
* major sector = North Western Alps * section = Lugano Prealps * subsection = Prealpi Varesine * supergroup = Catena Tamaro-Gambarogno-Lema * group = Gruppo del Tamaro * subgroup = Gruppo del Lema * code = I/B-11.II-A.1.c


See also

*
List of mountains of Switzerland accessible by public transport This is a list of mountains of Switzerland above 800 metres whose summits are accessible by public transport. This list includes mountains with a topographic prominence of at least 30 metres that have a station above the height of their key col a ...


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External links


Monte Lema cable car

Monte Lema on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of Ticino Cable cars in Switzerland One-thousanders of Italy One-thousanders of Switzerland Italy–Switzerland border Lugano Prealps {{Varese-mountain-stub