Monte Lattari is the western extension of Monte Pessentini in Abyan Campan, extending to the Tyrrhenian Sea to form the Sorrentine Peninsula. The names are derived from the herds of goats that graze in the area, which provide good quality of milk (lactate in Latin).
It is bordered to the north-west by the Bay of Naples, to the north by the plain of the Sarno River, to the east by the Mitiliana plain in Cava de Tirreni and to the south by the Bay of Salerno. The rocks are formed of limestone, and touch their highest elevation at 1,444 meters high with Mount San Michele. in the north
