45 highest Corsican mountains

Although Corsica is often called the mountains in the sea, finding out what are the highest summits of the island isn’t that easy. Géographie de la Corse in the French Wikipedia lists just few examples. German Wikipedia comes with this top seven:

• Monte Cinto (2706 m)
• Monte Rotondo (2622 m)
• Punta Minuta (2556 m)
• Paglia Orba (2525 m)
• Monte d’Oro (2389 m)
• Monte Renoso (2352 m)
• Capu Tafunatu (2343 m)

An excellent article about Corsican mountains by Gangolf Haub on SummitPost.org states that “50 summits reach more than 2000m in elevation with Monte Cinto being the highest one.” English Wikipedia agrees with “Monte Cinto as the highest peak at 2706m,” however then mentions only “20 other summits of more than 2000m.” Where is the truth?

I took a couple of maps and made my own list of 45 peaks of Corsica that are higher than 2000 metres. The list is not complete and the real number probably exceeds 50. For instance there are at least five other peaks over 2000 m in the ridge of Monte Cinto and Paglia Orba, and another ones around Monte d’Oro. I did not include them, because they are difficult to identify exactly enough in my maps.

You can explore all the summits listed above on Google Maps or download a KML file to view them on Google Earth. Please note, only the first 20 mountains are placed on the exact coordinates (using Google Earth high resolution aerial maps). Locations of the other ones may be slightly inaccurate.