| El Turbón | |
|---|---|
 View of El Turbón | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,492 m (8,176 ft) |
| Listing | List of mountains in Aragon |
| Coordinates | 42°25′N 0°30′E / 42.417°N 0.500°E |
| Geography | |
  El Turbón Location in the Pre-Pyrenees area | |
| Location | Ribagorza (comarca), Aragon |
| Parent range | Pre-Pyrenees |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Marl (Cretaceous) |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | From the Merendero de la Muria, between Pont de Suert and Castejón de Sos |
El Turbón is a mountain massif of the Pre-Pyrenees, located in the province of Huesca, the most northerly province in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. This 6.3 km (4 mi) long mountain is aligned N - S.
It is fairly easy to climb El Turbón, but it is better not to do so in mid summer when this great expanse of naked rock can reach very high temperatures.
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Geology
El Turbón has a massive rocky limestone outcrop at its centre made of Cretaceous marl. There are caves and shafts in the mountain. The Isábena River flows on the eastern side, separating El Turbón massif from the Mountains of Sis range.[1]
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See also
References
- ^ Inst. Tecnologico Geominero de Espana, 1994, Mapa Geologico de la Peninsula Iberica, Baleares y Canarias, scale 1:1M
External links
Media related to El Turbón at Wikimedia Commons
- Ascensión a el Turbon Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
This page was last edited on 29 February 2024, at 20:47