Despeñaperros
Despeñaperros is a gorge or canyon carved out by the Despeñaperros river. It is located in the municipality of Santa Elena in the northern portion of the province of Jaén, Spain.
- Type: Pass with an elevation of 663 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Also known as: “Desfiladero de Despenaperros” and “Puerto de Despeñaperros”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Despeñaperros tunnel.
Despeñaperros
- Categories: mountain pass, gorge, and landform
- Location: Santa Elena, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.40178° or 38° 24′ 6″ north
Longitude
-3.49979° or 3° 29′ 59″ west
Elevation
663 metres (2,175 feet)
Open location code
8CCRCG22+P3
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Despeñaperros” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Despeñaperros”
- Catalan: “Despeñaperros”
- Cebuano: “Desfiladero de Despeñaperros”
- Esperanto: “Despeñaperros”
- French: “Despeñaperros”
- Galician: “Despeñaperros”
- German: “Desfiladero de Despeñaperros”
- Japanese: “デスペニャペーロス”
- Japanese: “デスペニャペロス峡谷”
- Japanese: “デスペニャペロス自然公園”
- Russian: “Деспеньяперрос”
- Spanish: “Desfiladero de Despeñaperros”
- Spanish: “Despeñaperros”
- Spanish: “paso de Despeñaperros”
- Swedish: “Desfiladero de Despeñaperros”
- Turkish: “Despeñaperros”
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