Sierra de Utiel

Sierra de Utiel[1] (Valencian: Serra d'Utiel) is a 16.45 km (10 mi) long mountain range in the Alt Palància, Alt Millars and Plana Baixa comarcas, Valencian Community, Spain. Its highest point is the 1,306 m high El Remedio (Valencian: El Remei). There is often snow in the winter.[2]

Sierra de Utiel
The Benagéber reservoir, in the Utiel Range area
Highest point
Elevation1,306 m (4,285 ft)
ListingMountains of the Valencian Community
Coordinates39°37′16″N 0°58′48″W 
Geography
Sierra de Utiel
Spain
LocationPlana d'Utiel and Serrans, Valencian Community
Parent rangeIberian System, Southeastern end
Geology
Mountain typeKarstic (Jurassic)
Climbing
Easiest routeDrive from Utiel, Sinarcas, Loriguilla, Domeño, Chera, Benagéber or Calles

Minor ranges

There are four ranges running parallel to each other:

  • Sierra del Negrete, also known as Sierra del Remedio (Valencian: Serra del Remei), the main range, with the 1,306 m high El Remedio (Valencian: El Remei), where there is a shrine[3] and the Cerrochico (1,223 m).
  • The Sierra de Utiel proper with the 1,112 m high Cabeza del Fraile
  • The Sierra de Juan Navarro with the 1,177 m high Cinco Pinos, the Juan Navarro (1,167 m) and the Ropé (1,140 m), where both former ranges merge to meet the tectonic depression of Chera.
  • The Sierra de la Atalaya, whose highest summit is La Atalaya (1,157 m).

The Utiel Range has been declared a Site of Community Importance (SCI).[4]

See also

References
  1. Vicenç M. Rosselló i Verger, Toponímia, geografia i cartografia
  2. Nieve en la Sierra del Remedio de Utiel
  3. Images of The Shrine of El Remedio, near Utiel
  4. SCI Sierra del Negrete
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