Cordillera Penibética

Cordillera Penibética
Sub-Range
Country	Spain
State	Andalusia
Part of	Baetic System
Highest point	Mulhacén
- elevation	3,479 m (11,414 ft)
Location of Cordillera Penibética within Andalusia

The Cordillera Penibética mountain range is the most southerly of the Baetic Cordillera; it runs along the south coast of Andalusia, from the province of Cádiz, across the province of Almería, into the Region of Murcia. A little further north, across the intermountain basins known as the Hoya de Baza and the Hoja de Guadix, are the Cordillera Subbética and the Cordillera Prebética.

The Intrabaetic Depression (Spanish: Surco Intrabético), a discontinuous series of valleys, separates the Cordillera Penibética from the Cordillera Subbética in the north.^[1]

Mountain ranges

The main mountain ranges that make up the Penibética complex are, from west to east, the Serranía de Ronda, the Sierra de Grazalema, the Sierra de Tejeda y Almijara, the Sierra Nevada, the Sierra de la Contraviesa, the Sierra de Gádor, the Sierra de Baza, and the Sierra de los Filabres. The following list includes lesser ranges:

• Serranía de Ronda
• Cordillera Antequerana
• Sierra de Tejeda
• Sierra de Almijara
• Sierra Nevada
• Sierra de Lújar
• Sierra de la Contraviesa
• Sierra de Cogollos
• Sierra de Gádor
• Sierra de Baza
• Sierra de los Filabres
• Sierra de Alhamilla
• Sierra Espuña

See also

• Baetic System
• Intrabaetic Depression

References

1. ^ Geografía General de España Manuel de Terán y otros. Editorial Ariel ISBN 84-344-3444-X

External links

• A map of the range on Encarta.com

Coordinates: 37°00′N 4°00′W / 37°N 4°W / 37; -4