Sierra de la Demanda

This article is about the mountain range. For the administrative division, see Sierra de la Demanda (comarca).

Sierra de la Demanda is a mountain sub-range situated in the northern Iberian Peninsula.

Sierra de la Demanda
View of the Sierra de la Demanda taken during ISS Expedition 17.
Highest point
Elevation	2,270 m (7,450 ft)
Coordinates	42.1135°N 3.1256°W / 42.1135; -3.1256
Geography
Location	Castile and León, La Rioja (Spain), Spain
Parent range	Sistema Ibérico

The Sierra de la Demanda area provides the habitat for Lissotriton helveticus punctillatus (Schmidtler 1970), a subspecies of the palmate newt.^[1]

Geography

Northern edge of the Sierra where it meets the Meseta Central.

The Sierra de la Demanda is part of the western section of the larger Sistema Ibérico. The sub-range runs through the eastern province of Burgos and western La Rioja, bordering on the Meseta Central in Spain.

• Monte San Lorenzo (2270 m), highest peak of the sub-range.
• Pico San Millán (2131 m), second^{[note 1]} highest peak of the sub-range.

The highest peaks of the range are usually covered in snow between October and May every year. Valdezcaray ski resort is located in the Sierra de la Demanda. The Picos de Urbión are located south of this range.

See also

• Geography of Spain
• Valdezcaray, a sky resort.
• Sierra de la Demanda (comarca), shire.
• Montes de Oca, eastern shire.
• Alarcia, a typical town.
• Demandasaurus, an extinct local dinosaurus.