The Sierra de Cogollos is a

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range of the

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Granada Province Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Albacete, Murcia, Almería, Jaén, Córdoba, Málaga, and the Mediterranean Sea (along the Costa Tropical ...

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. The range is located to the northeast of

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city. Its highest point is the 1,889 m high Peñón del Majalijar peak.

Geography

The Sierra de Cogollos extends between the Vega de Granada valley to the west and the

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in the east. To the north the narrow Blanco River valley separates it from the Sierra Arana and to the south, another narrow valley, carved by the

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marks the limit with the lower Sierra de la Yedra range. The northeastern sector of the Sierra de Cogollos merges with Sierra Arana. This mountain range includes the Peñón de la Mata, a limestone mountain topped by a massive rocky outcrop that is in height and that towers above Cogollos Vega town. Peñón del Majalijar, the ranges's highest summit is located at the other end of the range. The Sierra de Cogollos is mostly included within the municipal term of Cogollos Vega, with a little part within Huétor Santillán at its eastern end.

Protected areas

The Sierra de Cogollos, along with the neighboring ranges of Sierra de la Alfaguara,

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, Sierra de Diezma, Sierra de Beas, as well as the southern part of the Sierra de Arana,Relieve - Sierra de Huétor
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under the name Sierra de Huétor and la Alfaguara Natural Park ''(Parque Natural de la Sierra de Huétor y la Alfaguara)''.

Geology

Geologically the Sierra de Cogollos belongs to the Baetic System and is made up mainly of

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from the

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and

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Entorno: Parque natural Sierra de Huétor, Granada
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Geography

Protected areas

Geology

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