Sierra de Javalambre ( an, Sierra de Chabalambre) is a long mountain range in the
Gúdar-Javalambre
Gúdar-Javalambre is a comarca in Aragon, Spain. The most important town is Mora de Rubielos.
This comarca is located at the southern end of Aragon, bordering the Valencian Community. The area is mountainous with the summits of the Sistema Ibé ...
comarca of Aragon and the
Rincón de Ademuz
Rincón de Ademuz is a Spanish comarca constituted as an exclave of both the Valencian Community and the Valencia province located between the provinces of Cuenca ( Castile-La Mancha) and Teruel ( Aragon). It is part of the Spanish-speaking area ...
and
Serrans comarcas of the Valencian Community,
Spain
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Highway
N-234 winds its way between Sierra de Javalambre and
Serra d'Espadà reaching the coast at
Sagunto
Sagunto ( ca-valencia, Sagunt) is a municipality of Spain, located in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community. It belongs to the modern fertile ''comarca'' of Camp de Morvedre. It is located c. 30 km north of the city of Valencia, cl ...
and the
Autopista AP-7
The ''Autopista AP-7'' (also called ''Autopista del Mediterráneo'') ( ca, Autopista de la Mediterrània) is a Spanish autopista (controlled-access highway). It runs along the Mediterranean coast of Spain.
AP-7 has two different sections (911+ ...
.
Location
This mountain range is located at the eastern end of the
Iberian System
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and the
Sierra del Toro
Sierra del Toro ( ca-valencia, Serra del Toro) is a long mountain range in the Alt Palància comarca, Valencian Community, close to the limit with Teruel Province, Aragon, Spain. It is named after the nearby town of El Toro.
Location
This mount ...
its ESE prolongation. Its highest point is Javalambre (2,020 m).
Its summits are usually covered in
snow
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It consists of frozen crystalline water throughout ...
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
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in the range with 12.2 km of ski trails.
Aramón Javalambre
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See also
*List of mountains in Aragon
This is a list of mountains in Aragon, Spain. They include the Aneto, the highest peak in the Pyrenees, as well as the Moncayo, the highest peak in the Sistema Ibérico.
See also
* List of Pyrenean three-thousanders
*Pyrenees
* Pre-Py ...
*Mountains of the Valencian Community
This is a list of mountains in the Valencian Community of Spain.
See also
*List of mountains in Aragon
*List of mountains in Catalonia
*Sistema Ibérico
* Catalan Mediterranean System
*Prebaetic System
Sources
* VV.AA.(1999), ''Atlas Esc ...
References
External links
*
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