Sierra de Javalambre

Sierra de Javalambre
Sierra de Javalambre rising above Pina
Highest point
Elevation	2,020 m (6,630 ft)
Listing	Mountains of Aragon, List of mountains in the Valencian Community
Coordinates	40°5′49.7″N 1°1′29″W / 40.097139°N 1.02472°W / 40.097139; -1.02472
Geography
Sierra de Javalambre Spain
Location	Gúdar-Javalambre, Aragon Rincón de Ademuz and Serrans, Valencian Community
Parent range	Iberian System, Eastern zone
Geology
Mountain type	Karstic (Jurassic)
Climbing
Easiest route	From the towns of La Puebla de Valverde, Ademuz or Riodeva

Sierra de Javalambre (Aragonese: Sierra de Chabalambre; Arabic: جبل الْحَمْرَاء, romanized: jabal al-ḥamrāʼ ))^[1] is a 29 km (18 mi) long mountain range in the Gúdar-Javalambre comarca of Aragon and the Rincón de Ademuz and Serrans comarcas of the Valencian Community, Spain.

Highway N-234 winds its way between Sierra de Javalambre and Serra d'Espadà reaching the coast at Sagunto and the Autopista AP-7.

Location

This mountain range is located at the eastern end of the Iberian System and the Sierra del Toro its ESE prolongation. Its highest point is Javalambre (2,020 m).

Summits

Its summits are usually covered in snow in the winter and the 1,839 m high Cerro Calderón or Alto de las Barracas is the highest peak of the Land of Valencia. Aramón Javalambre is a small ski resort in the range with 12.2 km of ski trails.^[2] The Buitre summit hosts the Astrophysical Observatory of Javalambre.

See also

• List of mountains in Aragon
• Mountains of the Valencian Community

References

External links

• Media related to Sierra de Javalambre at Wikimedia Commons
• enciclopedia.cat - Javalambre
• Sierra de Javalambre
• Infoaventura
• Todonieve
• Camarena de la Sierra

This page was last edited on 3 October 2023, at 23:07