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Guarda District

Serra da Estrela

Serra da Estrela is the highest mountain range in Continental Portugal. Together with the Serra da Lousã it is the westernmost constituent range of the and also one of the highest in the system.
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  • Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 1,432 metres
  • Description: highest mountain range in Continental Portugal
  • Also known as: “Herminius”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Torre and Zêzere River.

Photo: Lentolho - Fotografia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the highest point of mainland Portugal, and the second-highest of the country overall. This point is not a distinctive mountain summit, but rather the highest point in the Plateau, in the central massif of the Estrela Mountains.

Spring
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The Zêzere is a river in , tributary to the Tagus. It rises in the Serra da Estrela, near the , the highest point of continental Portugal.

Sports venue
is a ski resort located in a mountain range named Serra da Estrela, in the municipality of , parish of , Portugal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Serra da Estrela Natural Park and Alvoco da Serra.

Photo: PAULO TATO MARINHO, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is in Central Portugal. It contains mainland 's tallest mountain peak and the country's only ski resort.

Village
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is a village.

Town
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is a civil parish and town in south-central part of the municipality of Seia, in central . Part of the district of Guarda, it is 20 km away from the city of , 40 km away from , 80 km away from Guarda and 320 km from , nestled in the Serra da Estrela mountain range.

Serra da Estrela

Latitude
40.32° or 40° 19′ 12″ north
Longitude
-7.62° or 7° 37′ 12″ west
Elevation
1,432 metres (4,698 feet)
Open location code
8CGJ899H+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5172661705
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
2739807
Wiki­data ID
Q738004
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Venetian—“Serra da Estrela” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Basque: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Bulgarian: “Сиера да Ищрела”
  • Catalan: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Catalan: “Serra de Estrela”
  • Cebuano: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Chinese: “埃什特雷拉山脉”
  • Chinese: “埃什特雷拉山脈”
  • Czech: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Danish: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Dutch: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Esperanto: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Estonian: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Finnish: “Serra da Estrela”
  • French: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Galician: “Serra da Estrela”
  • German: “Serra da Estrela”
  • German: “Serra de Estrela”
  • Greek: “Σέρα ντα Εστρέλα”
  • Hebrew: “סרה דה אשטרלה”
  • Hungarian: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Icelandic: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Italian: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Italian: “Serra di Estrela”
  • Japanese: “イシュトレーラ山脈”
  • Japanese: “エストレーラ山脈”
  • Japanese: “エストレラ山脈”
  • Japanese: “セラ・ダ・エストレーラ”
  • Japanese: “セラ・ダ・エストレラ”
  • Korean: “이스트렐라산맥”
  • Ladin: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Latvian: “Serra de Eštrela”
  • Lithuanian: “Eštrelos kalnai”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Norwegian: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sèrra de l’Estèla”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sèrra de lEstèla”
  • Persian: “سرا دا استرلا”
  • Polish: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Portuguese: “Montes Hermínios”
  • Portuguese: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Romanian: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Russian: “Серра-да-Эштрела”
  • Serbian: “Сера де Естрела”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Spanish: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Spanish: “Sierra da Estrela”
  • Spanish: “Sierra de Estrela”
  • Spanish: “Sierra de la Estrella”
  • Swahili: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Swedish: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Turkish: “Serra da Estrela”
  • Ukrainian: “Серра-да-Ештрела”
  • Venetian: “Siera da Estrela”

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