Castro Valnera

Castru Valnera

Castru Valnera peak in August 2005
Elevation 1,718 m (5,636 ft)
Location
Location Cantabria, Spain
Range Montes de Lunada
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Castru Valnera[1] (Cantabrian) or Castro Valnera (Spanish) is a peak located in the central area of the Cantabrian Mountains, in Cantabria, northern Spain. It is around it that the whole Pas valley revolves, and also the source of the Miera River, between the Lunada and Estacas de Trueba passes.

Castru in Cantabrian refers to an abrupt rocky peak.

References

  1. ↑ Penny, Ralph (1969). "5/1". El habla Pasiega: Ensayo de Dialectología Montañesa (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Tamesis Books Limited. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-900411-05-2. §204 San Roque de Riomiera: "[…] Montañas: Bernachu, el Castru Valnera, Cubulruyu, […]"

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Coordinates: 43°09′02″N 3°39′10″W / 43.15056°N 3.65278°W