Sant Benet (Susqueda)

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Sant Benet (Susqueda)
Highest point
Elevation 1,147 m (3,763 ft)
Coordinates 41°56′59.69″N2°30′50.60″E / 41.9499139°N 2.5140556°E / 41.9499139; 2.5140556 Coordinates: 41°56′59.69″N2°30′50.60″E / 41.9499139°N 2.5140556°E / 41.9499139; 2.5140556
Geography
Location Selva, Catalonia
Parent range Guilleries
Climbing
Easiest route From Susqueda

Sant Benet (Susqueda) is a mountain of the Guilleries Massif, Catalonia, Spain. It has an elevation of 1,146.9 metres above sea level. [1]

Guilleries mountain in Spain

The Guilleries Massif is a mountain system located at the apex of the Catalan Transversal Range and the Pre-Coastal Range. The highest point of the range is Sant Miquel de Solterra or Sant Miquel de les Formigues, other main peaks are Turó del Faig Verd, Rocallarga, Sant Benet, El Far, Sant Gregori, Montdois, L'Agullola and Turó del Castell

Catalonia Autonomous area of northeastern Spain

Catalonia is an autonomous community in Spain on the northeastern corner of the Iberian Peninsula, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy. Catalonia consists of four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. The capital and largest city is Barcelona, the second-most populated municipality in Spain and the core of the sixth most populous urban area in the European Union. It comprises most of the territory of the former Principality of Catalonia. It is bordered by France (Occitanie) and Andorra to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the east, and the Spanish autonomous communities of Aragon to the west and Valencia to the south. The official languages are Catalan, Spanish, and the Aranese dialect of Occitan.

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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 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 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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References

  1. "Mapa Topogràfic de Catalunya". Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya. Retrieved May 22, 2010..