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Picos de Europa

The Picos de Europa are a mountain range extending for about 20 km, forming part of the in northern . The range is situated in the Autonomous Communities of , and .
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  • Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 2,650 metres
  • Description: mountain range
  • Also known as: “Peñas de Europa” and “The Picos”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Torre Cerredo and Naranjo de Bulnes.

Peak
Photo: Davidfase, Public domain.
, also called Torrecerredo or Torre de Cerredo, is the highest peak of the , northern . With a prominence of 1,931 m, it is an ultra-prominent peak and the third most prominent peak of the .

Peak
Photo: Cactus26, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a limestone peak dating from the Paleozoic Era, located in the Macizo Central region of the Picos de Europa, . Its name Picu Urriellu is believed to be derived from the term Los Urrieles, which is used to describe the Macizo Central.

Peak
Photo: Juan lacruz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Puertos de Áliva and Bulnes.

Locality
Photo: Bhavagati, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.
is a locality.

Hamlet
Photo: Ergodic, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is one of nine parishes in , a municipality within the province and autonomous community of , in northern . It is 56.35 km2 in size with a population of 34.

Hamlet
Photo: Juan Fernández, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet.

Picos de Europa

Latitude
43.1896° or 43° 11′ 23″ north
Longitude
-4.83275° or 4° 49′ 58″ west
Elevation
2,650 metres (8,694 feet)
Open location code
8CMQ55Q8+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2146258561
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
3122714
Wiki­data ID
Q1141172
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Venetian—“Picos de Europa” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Պիկոս դե Էուրոպա”
  • Asturian: “Picos d’Europa”
  • Asturian: “Picos dEuropa”
  • Basque: “Europako Mendi”
  • Basque: “Europako mendiak”
  • Basque: “Picos de Europa”
  • Bengali: “পিকোস ডি ইউরোপা”
  • Bulgarian: “Лос Пикос”
  • Catalan: “Picos de Europa”
  • Catalan: “Pics d’Europa”
  • Cebuano: “Picos de Europa”
  • Chinese: “歐羅巴山”
  • Czech: “Evropské štíty”
  • Czech: “Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa”
  • Czech: “Picos de Europa”
  • Dutch: “Picos de Europa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قمم اوروبا”
  • Esperanto: “Picos de Europa”
  • French: “Picos de Europa”
  • French: “Pics d’Europe”
  • French: “Pics dEurope”
  • Galician: “Picos de Europa”
  • German: “Picos de Europa”
  • Hebrew: “פיקוס דה אירופה”
  • Indonesian: “Picos de Europa”
  • Indonesian: “Puncak Eropa”
  • Italian: “Picos de Europa”
  • Japanese: “エウロパ山”
  • Japanese: “ピコス・デ・エウローパ”
  • Japanese: “ピコス・デ・エウロパ”
  • Ladin: “Picos de Europa”
  • Luxembourgish: “Picos de Europa”
  • Macedonian: “Пикос де Еуропа”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Picos de Europa”
  • Polish: “Picos de Europa”
  • Portuguese: “Picos da Europa”
  • Portuguese: “Picos de Europa”
  • Romanian: “Picos de Europa”
  • Russian: “Пики Европы”
  • Russian: “Пикос-де-Эуропа”
  • Slovenian: “Picos de Europa”
  • Spanish: “Picos de Europa”
  • Swedish: “Picos de Europa”
  • Turkish: “Picos de Europa”
  • Ukrainian: “Пікос-де-Европа”
  • Venetian: “Picos de Europa”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Picos de Europa”. Photo: Jlgolis, CC BY-SA 2.5.