The Urbasa Range (''Urbasa mendilerroa'' in

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and ''Sierra de Urbasa'' in

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) is a mountain range of western

Navarre Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...

, Spain, part of the Basque Mountains. Its highest point is the 1,183-metre-high Baiza. Urbasa is a

karstic Karst () is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone and dolomite. It is characterized by features like poljes above and drainage systems with sinkholes and caves underground. There is some eviden ...

range where numerous nummulites fossils have been found.A. Borja and M. Collins, ''Oceanography and marine environment of the Basque Country'', Together with the neighboring Andia range, Urbasa is part of the Urbasa-Andia Natural Park.

Peaks

# Baiza 1,183 m. # Iruaitzeta 1,144 m. # Santa Marina 1,068 m. # Bargagain 1,157 m.

References

External links

Urbasa-Andia Natural Park
{{Authority control Basque Mountains Mountains of Navarre