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Cantabrian Mountains

The Cantabrian Mountains or Cantabrian Range are one of the main systems of mountain ranges in Spain. They stretch for over 300 km across northern Spain, from the western limit of the to the Galician Massif in Galicia, along the coast of the Cantabrian Sea.
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  • Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 2,648 metres
  • Description: mountain range in Spain
  • Also known as: “Montañas Cantábricas”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Torre Cerredo and Pico de los Cabrones.

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

Peak
Photo: Davidfase, Public domain.
is a peak.

Peak
Photo: Davidfase, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bulnes and Caín.

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: Cruccone, CC BY 3.0.
is a hamlet.

Hamlet
Photo: ROSUROB, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.
is a hamlet.

Cantabrian Mountains

Latitude
43.20005° or 43° 12′ 0″ north
Longitude
-4.848° or 4° 50′ 53″ west
Elevation
2,648 metres (8,688 feet)
Open location code
8CMQ6522+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5594666721
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
3126520
Wiki­data ID
Q208076
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cantabrian Mountains” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبال قنتبرية”
  • Arabic: “جبال قنطبرية”
  • Arabic: “جبال كانتابريا”
  • Arabic: “جبال كنتبرية”
  • Armenian: “Կանտաբրյան լեռներ”
  • Asturian: “Cordal Cantábricu”
  • Asturian: “Cordelera Cantábrica”
  • Asturian: “Cordillera Cantábrica”
  • Asturian: “fastera cantábrica”
  • Asturian: “fastiella cantábrica”
  • Basque: “Kantauriar mendikate”
  • Basque: “Kantauriar mendikatea”
  • Basque: “Kantauriar mendilerroa”
  • Basque: “Kantauriko mendizerra”
  • Belarusian: “Кантабрыйскія горы”
  • Bulgarian: “Кантабрийски планини”
  • Catalan: “Cordillera Cantábrica”
  • Catalan: “Serralada Cantàbrica”
  • Catalan: “Sistema Cantàbric”
  • Cebuano: “Cordillera Cantábrica”
  • Chinese: “坎塔布里亚山脉”
  • Chinese: “坎塔布里亞山脈”
  • Czech: “Kantaberské pohoří”
  • Czech: “Kantabrijské hory”
  • Danish: “Cantabriske bjerge”
  • Danish: “Cordillera Cantábrica”
  • Danish: “De Cantabriske Bjerge”
  • Danish: “Kantabriske bjerge”
  • Dutch: “Asturisch Gebergte”
  • Dutch: “Cantabrisch Gebergte”
  • Dutch: “Cantabrische bergen”
  • Dutch: “Cordillera Cantabrica”
  • Dutch: “Cordillera Cantábrica”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبال كانتابريا”
  • Esperanto: “Kantabra Montaro”
  • Esperanto: “Kantabria Montoĉeno”
  • Estonian: “Kantaabria mäed”
  • Finnish: “Cantabrianvuoret”
  • French: “chaîne Cantabrique”
  • French: “Cordillere cantabrique”
  • French: “cordillère Cantabrique”
  • French: “Cordillère Cantabrique”
  • French: “monts Cantabriques”
  • French: “Monts Cantabriques”
  • Galician: “Cordal Cantábrico”
  • Galician: “Cordilleira Cantábrica”
  • Georgian: “კანტაბრიის მთები”
  • German: “Cordillera Cantabrica”
  • German: “Kantabrisches Gebirge”
  • Greek: “Κανταβρικά όρη”
  • Greek: “Κορυφή της Ευρώπης”
  • Greek: “Πένια Βιέχα”
  • Greek: “Πένια Λάμπρα”
  • Greek: “Πένια ντε Κορντέα”
  • Greek: “Πένια Πριέτα”
  • Greek: “Τόρρε ντε Θερέντα”
  • Hebrew: “ההרים הקנטבריים”
  • Icelandic: “Kantabríufjöll”
  • Indonesian: “Pegunungan Cantabria”
  • Italian: “Catena Cantabrica”
  • Italian: “Cordigliera Cantabrica”
  • Italian: “Monti Cantabrici”
  • Japanese: “カンタブリア山脈”
  • Kazakh: “Кантабри таулары”
  • Kirghiz: “Кантабрия тоолору”
  • Korean: “칸타브리아산맥”
  • Kurdish: “Çiyayên Kantabrî”
  • Ladin: “Crëps de Cantabria”
  • Latin: “Mons Cantabricus”
  • Latvian: “Kantabrijas kalni”
  • Lithuanian: “Kantabrijos kalnai”
  • Macedonian: “Кантабриски Планини”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “De cantabriske fjell”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “De cantabriske fjellene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cordillera Cantábrica”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei cantabriske fjella”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei kantabriske fjella”
  • Norwegian: “De kantabriske fjell”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Monts Cantabrics”
  • Persian: “کوه‌های کنتبرین”
  • Persian: “کوههای کنتبرین”
  • Polish: “Góry Kantabryjskie”
  • Portuguese: “Cordilheira Cantábrica”
  • Portuguese: “Maciço Cantábrico”
  • Portuguese: “Montes Cantábricos”
  • Romanian: “Cordillera Cantabrica”
  • Romanian: “Cordillera Cantabrică”
  • Romanian: “Cordillera Cantábrica”
  • Russian: “Кантабрийские горы”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kantabrijsko gorje”
  • Slovak: “Kantaberské pohorie”
  • Slovak: “Kantábrijské vrchy”
  • Slovenian: “Kantabrijsko gorovje”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera cantabrica”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera Cantábrica”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera Cantabricasa”
  • Spanish: “El motivo por el cual suspendo geografía :(”
  • Spanish: “La Cantabrica”
  • Spanish: “La Cantábrica”
  • Spanish: “Montes Cantabricos”
  • Spanish: “Montes Cantábricos”
  • Swedish: “Cantabriabergen”
  • Swedish: “Kantabriska bergen”
  • Turkish: “Cantabria Dağları”
  • Turkish: “Cantabrica Dağları”
  • Ukrainian: “Кантабрійські гори”
  • Uzbek: “Kantabriya tog‘lari”
  • Uzbek: “Kantabriya Tog‘lari”
  • Uzbek: “Kantabriya tog’lari”
  • Uzbek: “Kantabriya Tog’lari”
  • Uzbek: “Kantabriya tog`lari”
  • Uzbek: “Kantabriya Tog`lari”
  • Uzbek: “Kantabriya togʻlari”
  • Uzbek: “Kantabriya Togʻlari”
  • Venetian: “Cordejera Cantàbrega”
  • Welsh: “Mynyddoedd Cantabria”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Jou de Cerredo and Jou Negro.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Torre Labrouche and Collada Bermeja.

Spain: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, and Valencia.

Curious Peaks to Discover

Uncover intriguing peaks from every corner of the globe.
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