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Peñalara

Elevation
2,428 m
#6,787
in the world
#60
in Spain
1,113 m
prominence

Peñalara is a mountain in Spain, rising to 2,428 m, the 60th highest we list in Spain, part of the Sierra de Guadarrama.

Range
#1 in the range
Nearest town
18 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Peñalara

Peñalara lies in Spain, in Castille and Leon.

Key facts

Elevation
2,428 m (7,966 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
1,113 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Castille and Leon
Coordinates
40.850, -3.955

How it ranks

Among peaks in Spain
#60of 108
LargestSmallest
In the Sierra de Guadarrama
#1of 6
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#6,787of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Bola del Mundo2,252 m7.5 km
La Maliciosa2,207 m9.2 km
Montón de Trigo2,137 m11 km
La Peñota1,904 m17 km
Abantos1,753 m31 km
La Cebollera2,103 m49 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Peñalara.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
SegoviaSpain51,68318 km
Collado-VillalbaSpain63,07424 km
Colmenar ViejoSpain43,70027 km
GalapagarSpain31,82031 km
TorrelodonesSpain21,78131 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.