Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park
Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park is in the Almería province in the Spanish region of Andalucia. It is Andalusia's largest coastal protected area, a wild and isolated landscape with some of Europe's oldest geological features.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Email: cvlasamoladeras.amaya@juntadeandalucia.es
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: nature park in Almería Province, Spain
- Also known as: “Cabo de Gata-Nijar Biosphere Reserve”, “Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park”, “Parque Natural del Cabo de Gata”, “Parque Natural del Cabo de Gata-Nijar”, and “Parque Natural del Cabo de Gata-Níjar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cortijo del Fraile.
Cortijo del Fraile
Nature reserve
Photo: Antonio Cañas Vargas, CC BY 2.0.
Cortijo del Fraile is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Los Albaricoques.
Los Albaricoques
Hamlet
Photo: ANE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Los Albaricoques is a Spanish village in the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park – one of the White Towns of Andalusia. It was used as a location for the movie For a Few Dollars More in which it was called Agua Caliente.
Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park
- Categories: UNESCO Global Geopark, Special Protection Area, Special Area of Conservation, biosphere reserve, protected area, natural park, and recreation area
- Location: Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.8782° or 36° 52′ 42″ northLongitude
-2.0931° or 2° 5′ 35″ westElevation
31 metres (102 feet)Inception
1987Operator
Government of AndalusiaOpen location code
8C8VVWH4+7POpenStreetMap ID
way 255807566OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كابو دي غاتا”
- Basque: “Gata-Níjar Lurmuturraren Natura Parkea”
- Basque: “Gata”
- Catalan: “cap de Gata”
- Catalan: “Cap de Gata”
- Cebuano: “Cabo de Gata”
- Cebuano: “Parque Natural del Cabo de Gata”
- Chinese: “伊斯勒塔德摩羅”
- Dutch: “Natuurpark Cabo de Gata-Níjar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كابو دى جاتا”
- Esperanto: “Natura Parko Cabo de Gata-Níjar”
- French: “parc naturel de Cabo de Gata-Níjar”
- French: “Parc naturel de Cabo de Gata-Níjar”
- French: “Parc naturel de Cabo de Gata”
- Galician: “Parque Natural do Cabo de Gata-Níjar”
- Georgian: “კაბო-დე-გატის ბუნების პარკი”
- German: “Cabo de Gata”
- German: “Parque Natural Cabo de Gata-Níjar”
- Hausa: “Gidan shakatawa na Cape Gata-Níjar”
- Italian: “Parco naturale Cabo de Gata-Nijar”
- Japanese: “カボ・デ・ガタ＝ニハル自然公園”
- Japanese: “デ・ガータ岬”
- Latin: “Promunturium Veneris”
- Persian: “پارک ملی کابو دگاتا-نیخار”
- Portuguese: “Parque Natural do Cabo de Gata-Níjar”
- Romanian: “Parcul natural Cabo de Gata-Níjar”
- Spanish: “Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata-Níjar”
- Spanish: “Parque natural del Cabo de Gata-Nijar”
- Spanish: “Parque natural del Cabo de Gata-Níjar”
- Spanish: “Reserva de la biosfera de Cabo de Gata-Nijar”
- Swedish: “Cabo de Gata”
- Swedish: “Parque Natural del Cabo de Gata”
- Vietnamese: “Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park”
- Vietnamese: “Công viên tự nhiên Cabo de Gata-Níjar”
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