Mount Mulhacén

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Mount Mulhacén

mountain, Spain

Also known as: Mulhacén Peak

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…with peninsular Spain’s highest summit, Mulhacén Peak, at 11,421 feet (3,481 meters), the Baetic ranges are more fragmented and less of a barrier than the Pyrenees. On their northern and northwestern sides they flank the low-lying and fairly flat Guadalquivir basin, the average elevation of which is only 426 feet…
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…with peninsular Spain’s highest summit, Mulhacén Peak, at 11,421 feet (3,481 meters), the Baetic ranges are more fragmented and less of a barrier than the Pyrenees. On their northern and northwestern sides they flank the low-lying and fairly flat Guadalquivir basin, the average elevation of which is only 426 feet…
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Sierra Nevada
…peak of the range is Mulhacén Peak (11,421 feet [3,481 meters]), which is also the highest point of the Iberian Peninsula. Several other summits rise above the snow line of about 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) and have given significance to the name Sierra Nevada, which means “Snowy Range.” The range…
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…peak of the range is Mulhacén Peak (11,421 feet [3,481 meters]), which is also the highest point of the Iberian Peninsula. Several other summits rise above the snow line of about 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) and have given significance to the name Sierra Nevada, which means “Snowy Range.” The range…
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