Puig de Massanella is the second highest peak on the
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island of
Mallorca
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. It is situated in the
Serra de Tramuntana
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mountains. It is the highest peak on the island whose summit is accessible, as its higher neighbour
Puig Major
Puig Major is the highest peak on the Spanish island of Majorca. With an elevation of above sea level. It is situated in the Serra de Tramuntana mountains. As the mountain is located in a military zone, the neighbouring peak Puig de Massanell ...
has a military-run antenna complex on the summit. It is a very popular mountain to climb. There is a walking route to the summit from the south, various scrambling routes from a high col to the north, marked with small cairns and red dots painted on rocks, and an easy scrambling route which starts slightly lower down on the south west side of the col. The summit is unusual in having a deep pit which appears to have been formed by limestone dissolution (see
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) which was said to have been used for storing snow in the past. There are several ruins on a col near the summit which used to be snow houses (see
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Image:Mallorca 2009.05.28 026.jpg, Peak from southeast
Image:Summit view Puig Massanella 2017.jpg, View from the summit
Mountains of Mallorca
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