Urbasa

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Urbasa
Paisaje de la Sierra de Urbasa.jpg
Urbasa landscape
Highest point
Elevation 1,493 m (4,898 ft)
Coordinates 42° 50' 18" N, 2° 09' 57" E
Naming
Language of name Basque
Geography
Location Navarre, Spain
Parent range Basque mountains
Location of the Urbasa Range in Navarre. Navarra - Mapa Urbasa.svg
Location of the Urbasa Range in Navarre.

The Urbasa Range (Urbasa mendilerroa in Basque and Sierra de Urbasa in Spanish) is a mountain range of western Navarre, Spain, part of the Basque Mountains. Its highest point is the 1,183-metre-high Baiza.

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Urbasa is a karstic range where numerous nummulites fossils have been found. [1]

Together with the neighboring Andia range, Urbasa is part of the Urbasa-Andia Natural Park.

Peaks

  1. Baiza 1,183 m.
  2. Iruaitzeta 1,144 m.
  3. Santa Marina 1,068 m.
  4. Bargagain 1,157 m.

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