Beriain

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Beriain

Beriain mendia Altsasutik.jpg

Mount Beriain from Altsasu
Highest point
Elevation 1,493 m (4,898 ft)
Coordinates 42°53′34″N1°59′52″W / 42.89278°N 1.99778°W / 42.89278; -1.99778 Coordinates: 42°53′34″N1°59′52″W / 42.89278°N 1.99778°W / 42.89278; -1.99778
Geography
Location Navarre, Spain
Parent range Andia
Climbing
First ascent unknown
Easiest route climb

Beriain (also San Donato after the chapel at the top) [1] is a 1,493 metres high peak part of the Basque Mountains range, located in the Andia range of western Navarre, Spain. Its sharp profile is an iconic image in the Burunda and Barranca valleys that link Vitoria-Gasteiz and Pamplona. The peak is located at the center of the traditional Basque Country provinces.

Andia range of the Basque Mountains

The Andia Range is a mountain range of western Navarre, Spain, part of the Basque Mountains. Its highest point is the 1,493 metres high Beriain.

Navarre Autonomous community and province of Spain

Navarre ; officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is an autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Nouvelle-Aquitaine in France. The capital city is Pamplona.

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Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe. Its territory also includes two archipelagoes: the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands and a peninsula bordering Morocco in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with British dependency Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.

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