Claino con Osteno

Claino con Osteno is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about north of Como. It is a small comune on Lake Lugano, composed of a series of small frazioni : the biggest ones have been chosen for the municipal name.
Claino con Osteno borders the following municipalities: Alta Valle Intelvi, Laino, Ponna, Porlezza, Valsolda.
Near Osteno is a site belonging to the Moltrasio Formation, which preserves numerous late-Jurassic fossils characterized by integral fossilization such as Squaloraja polyspondyla.