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Sierra de Javalambre (; )) is a long mountain range in the
Gúdar-Javalambre Gúdar-Javalambre is a Comarcas of Aragon, 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 ...
comarca of Aragon and the
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,
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. Highway N-234 winds its way between Sierra de Javalambre and
Serra d'Espadà Serra d'Espadà (, ) is a long mountain range in the Alt Palància, Alt Millars and Plana Baixa comarcas, in the Province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. Its highest point is La Ràpita (1,106 m). Road N-234 road (Spain), N-234 winds ...
reaching the coast at
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.


Location

This mountain range is located at the eastern end of the
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and the
Sierra del Toro Sierra 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 mountain range is located at the ...
its ESE prolongation. Its highest point is Javalambre (2,020 m).


Summits

Its summits are usually covered in
snow Snow consists of individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water througho ...
in the winter and the 1,839 m high
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or Alto de las Barracas is the highest peak of the Land of Valencia. Aramón Javalambre is a small
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in the range with 12.2 km of ski trails.Aramón Javalambre
/ref> The Buitre summit hosts the Astrophysical Observatory of Javalambre.


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 and mountain ranges in the Valencian Community of Spain. List Gallery See also *List of mountains in Aragon *List of mountains in Catalonia *Sistema Ibérico *Catalan Mediterranean System *Prebaetic System Source ...


References


External links

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Sierra de Javalambre

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Camarena de la Sierra
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