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Sierra Menera
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Sierra Menera is a 31 km (19 mi) long mountain range in the southwestern end of the Iberian System.
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Sierra Menera | |
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![]() The Castle of Peracense built on a ridge in Sierra Menera | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Monte de San Ginés |
Elevation | 1,601 m (5,253 ft) |
Coordinates | 40°41′30″N 1°32′33″W |
Dimensions | |
Length | 29 km (18 mi) NNW/SSE |
Width | 5.3 km (3.3 mi) ENE/WSW |
Geography | |
Location | Jiloca, Comunidad de Teruel, Sierra de Albarracín, Aragon Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha |
Parent range | Iberian System, SW zone |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Ordovician & Silurian |
Type of rock | Conglomerate, clay |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | From the towns of Ojos Negros or Villar del Salz |
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Administratively the Sierra Menera belongs to the Sierra de Albarracín, Jiloca and Comunidad de Teruel, comarcas of Aragon, as well as to the Province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha in its western side.[1]
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The Castle of Peracense rises atop an escarpment in the southern part of the range. The place known as Mirador de la Marajosa offers ample views of the surrounding landscape.[2] There are aerogenerators on some of the Sierra Menera's ridges.