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Sierra de Gata

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- elevation
  
1,592 m (5,223 ft)

Province
  
Province of Cáceres

Area
  
1,254 km²

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Sierra de Gata is a mountain range in the Sistema Central, Spain. The highest point is Peña Canchera (1,592 m).

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Map of Sierra de Gata, C%C3%A1ceres, Spain

DescriptionEdit

The Sierra de Gata is located in the northwest of the province of Cáceres, which is in the autonomous community of Extremadura. It borders with Portugal on the west in the area of the Portuguese Serra da Malcata Natural Reserve.

Sierra de Gata is also the name of a comarca that includes of 20 municipalities located roughly in the same area as the mountains. The municipality of Moraleja is included in the Sierra de Gata comarca, even though it is geographically not in the mountainous area of the Sierra de Gata itself.

PeaksEdit

The most important mountains of Sierra de Gata are (from West to East):

  • Mesas (1,265 m)
  • El Espinazo (1,330 m)
  • Jálama (1,492 m)
  • Jañona (1,367 m)
  • Bolla Chica (1,408 m)
  • Bolla (1,519 m)
  • Arrobuey (1,412 m)
  • La Corredera (1,456 m)
  • Peña Canchera (1,592 m)

    • References

    Sierra de Gata Wikipedia
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