The
Monti Aurunci or
Aurunci Mountains is a mountain range of southern
Lazio, in central Italy. It is part of the Antiappennini, a group running from the
Apennines chain to the
Tyrrhenian Sea, where it forms the promontory of
Gaeta. It is bounded to the north-west by the
Ausoni Mountains, to the north by the Liri river, to the east by the Ausente, to the south-east by the
Garigliano and to the south by the Tyrrhenian sea. The line between the Aurunci and the Ausoni has not been clearly established but the Aurunci are considered by convention to be east of a line through
Fondi,
Lenola,
Pico, S.Giovanni and Incarico. Altitudes vary from hills to the 1,533 m of
Monte Petrella. Main peaks include the Redentore (1,252 m) and Monte Sant'Angelo (1,402 m). They include a Regional Park, the Parco Naturale dei Monti Aurunci, created in 1997.