Peñalara Peak

mountain, Spain

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Peñalara Peak is the highest mountain in the Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range in central Spain. It reaches an elevation of 7,970 feet (2,429 meters). The Sierra de Guadarrama is part of the Central Sierra (Sistema Central), a mountain range that divides the Meseta Central plateau in Spain.12

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Their highest points—Peñalara Peak at 7,972 feet (2,430 meters) and Almanzor Peak at 8,497 feet (2,590 meters)—rise well above the plains of the central plateau. In contrast, the granitic Galician mountains, at the northwestern end of the Hercynian block, have an average elevation of only 1,640 feet…
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Their highest points—Peñalara Peak at 7,972 feet (2,430 meters) and Almanzor Peak at 8,497 feet (2,590 meters)—rise well above the plains of the central plateau. In contrast, the granitic Galician mountains, at the northwestern end of the Hercynian block, have an average elevation of only 1,640 feet…
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