[2] Its area belongs to the comuni of Calangianus, Tempio Pausania, Berchidda and Oschiri, in the province of Olbia-Tempio.
The flora of Mount Limbara estimated to 1,147 taxa grouped in 46 orders, 120 families and 486 genera.
[5] Mount Limbara was affected by a major forest fire in 1936 and its cork oaks woods were replaced with pines, after a work of reforestation.
On the top of the massif, a NATO U.S. Air Force Cold War Communications Relay Station and a Carabinieri barracks were located.
Today it is used as a telecommunications center for the Italian Air Force and a heliport for the Servizio Antincendi.