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Cordillera Cantabrica
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The Cantabrian Mountains of Northwestern Spain, locally known as Cordillera Cantabrica, form a 300-mile east-west wall. The northern slopes drop steeply to the Bay of Biscay, while the southern slopes descend gradually to Spain's arid central plateau. Eastward, the Cantabrians merge with the Pyrenees.
The Cantabrians, rich in iron and coal, have for centuries been industrially exploited, and consequently are traversed by many railways and roads.
The Cantabrians' greatest heights and finest climbs are in the Central Massif of the Picos de Europa. Here, the highest peak, Torre de Cerredo (8,688 ft./2648 m.), rises among a cluster of sharp limestone summits. The Central, Eastern and Western massifs of the Picos are all contained within the Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa, a 1995 expansion of the smaller Parque National de Covadonga, which originally contained only the Western Massif.
Peaks of Cordillera Cantabrica
Check out any of the following peaks for additional information:
- Candina - 1604 ft./489 m.
- Catoute - 6946 ft./2117 m.
- Coriscao - 7329 ft./2234 m.
- Cueto Agero - 3333 ft./1016 m.
- Curavacas - 8268 ft./2520 m.
- El Prau Del Fontan - 7756 ft./2364 m.
- Espiguete - 8038 ft./2450 m.
- Frailon - 4209 ft./1283 m.
- Gorbeia - 4859 ft./1481 m.
- Mampodre - 7192 ft./2192 m.
- Montecaoru - 4265 ft./1300 m.
- Morra de Lechugales - 8009 ft./2441 m.
- Naranjo de Bulnes - 8264 ft./2519 m.
- Neveron De Urriellu - 8396 ft./2559 m.
- Niajo - 5705 ft./1739 m.
- Orduña - 3051 ft./930 m.
- Peña Olvidada - 7894 ft./2406 m.
- Peña Remoña - 7313 ft./2229 m.
- Peña Sagra - 6719 ft./2048 m.
- Peña Santa de Castilla - 8517 ft./2596 m.
- Peña Ubiña - 7930 ft./2417 m.
- Peña Vieja - 8573 ft./2613 m.
- Penouta - 6467 ft./1971 m.
- Portillin Oriental - 7326 ft./2233 m.
- Tiatordos - 6401 ft./1951 m.
- Torbina - 4314 ft./1315 m.
- Torre del Friero - 8031 ft./2448 m.
- Torre Parda - 7710 ft./2350 m.
- Torre Santa - 2486 ft./758 m.
- Torrecerredo - 8688 ft./2648 m.
- Torres - 6903 ft./2104 m.
- Txindoki - 4400 ft./1346 m.
- Yordas - 6444 ft./1964 m.
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