Sierra de Utiel

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Sierra de Utiel

The Benagéber reservoir, in the Utiel Range area
Elevation 1,306 m (4,285 ft)
Listing Mountains of the Valencian Community
Location
Sierra de Utiel
Spain
Location Plana d'Utiel and Serrans, Valencian Community
Range Iberian System, Southeastern end
Coordinates 39°37′16″N 0°58′48″W / 39.62111°N 0.98000°W / 39.62111; -0.98000Coordinates: 39°37′16″N 0°58′48″W / 39.62111°N 0.98000°W / 39.62111; -0.98000
Geology
Type Karstic (Jurassic)
Climbing
Easiest route Drive from Utiel, Sinarcas, Loriguilla, Domeño, Chera, Benagéber or Calles

Sierra de Utiel[1] (Valencian: Serra d'Utiel) is a 16.45 km (10 mi) long mountain range in the Alt Palància, Alt Millars and Plana Baixa comarcas, Valencian Community, Spain. Its highest point is the 1,306 m high El Remedio (Valencian: El Remei). There is often snow in the winter.[2]

Minor ranges

There are four ranges running parallel to each other:

  • Sierra del Negrete, also known as Sierra del Remedio (Valencian: Serra del Remei), the main range, with the 1,306 m high El Remedio (Valencian: El Remei), where there is a shrine[3] and the Cerrochico (1,223 m).
  • The Sierra de Utiel proper with the 1,112 m high Cabeza del Fraile
  • The Sierra de Juan Navarro with the 1,177 m high Cinco Pinos, the Juan Navarro (1,167 m) and the Ropé (1,140 m), where both former ranges merge to meet the tectonic depression of Chera.
  • The Sierra de la Atalaya, whose highest summit is La Atalaya (1,157 m).

The Utiel Range has been declared a Site of Community Importance (SCI).[4]

See also

  • Mountains of the Valencian Community

References

  1. ↑ Vicenç M. Rosselló i Verger, Toponímia, geografia i cartografia
  2. ↑ Nieve en la Sierra del Remedio de Utiel
  3. ↑ Images of The Shrine of El Remedio, near Utiel
  4. ↑ SCI Sierra del Negrete

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