The Galician Massif (Spanish: Macizo Galaico, also known as Macizo Galaico-Leonés) is a system of mountain ranges in the northwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. It is located in Galicia with its southeastern end reaching into the provinces of Zamora and León of Castile and León. Its highest point is Pena Trevinca at 2,127 metres (6,978 ft) . Another important peak is Cabeza de Manzaneda (1,781 m).
In traditional local folklore the forests of the Galician System are said to be inhabited by a variety of elves, fairies, ghosts, the Santa Compaña, the Nubeiro and witches (meigas).
The GalicianMassif (Spanish: Macizo Galaico, also known as Macizo Galaico-Leonés) is a system of mountain ranges in the northwestern corner of the Iberian...
Galicians (Galician: galegos [ɡaˈleɣʊs]; Spanish: gallegos [ɡaˈʎeɣos]) are a Romance-speaking European ethnic group from northwestern Spain; they are...
across northern Spain, from the western limit of the Pyrenees to the GalicianMassif in Galicia, along the coast of the Cantabrian Sea. Their easternmost...
coastal relief and, further inland, by the higher altitude of the GalicianMassif which itself offers contrasts between the morphology of the high northern...
meseta is flanked by relief units such as the Montes de León, the GalicianMassif, the Cantabrian Range, the Basque Mountains, the Sistema Ibérico and...
Peña Trevinca (Galician: Pena Trevinca), also known as Trevinca, is a mountain in northern Spain. It is located at the confluence of the Montes de León...
Pico Sacro ("Holy Peak" in Galician) is a summit in the central GalicianMassif and the municipality of Boqueixón. In antiquity it was known as Mount Ilicino...
The Sierra de la Culebra, or Serra da Coroa (in Portuguese), is a mountain range in Castile and León, northwest Spain, and northeastern Portugal. It lies...
of the Peninsula, behind the Montes de León, within Galicia, is the GalicianMassif. The mountain ranges outside the Meseta Central are: Pirineos (Pyrenees)...
Ancares, also known as Sierra de Ancares) is a mountain range of the GalicianMassif in north-west Spain, extending in a south-westerly direction from the...
Tremuzo is a summit in the mountain range that limits the Galician ria Ría de Muros e Noia to the north and the highest elevation in the municipality of...
The Iberian Massif consists of rocks from the Paleozoic Era. It was assembled about 310 Ma. Several zones occur in the Iberian Massif. These were the...
this was compounded by a decline in partridge numbers throughout the GalicianMassif. To prevent the extinction of the breed, the best specimens still available...
which supplied precious metals to the Imperial treasury (gold in the GalicianMassif, silver in Sierra Morena), were under the direct control of the Imperial...
southwestern Europe. It extends along the coastal Cantabrian Mountains and GalicianMassif of Northern Spain, extending south into northern Portugal, and northwards...
Width 2 km (1.2 mi) E/W Geography Serra do Barbanza Location in Spain Location La Coruña Province, Galicia Country Spain Parent range GalicianMassif...
"Eurosiberian" Atlantic zone extends through northern Portugal, the GalicianMassif, Cantabrian Mountains and the western and central Pyrenees. It is characterized...
the mountainous areas of Spain, such as the Montes de Toledo, the GalicianMassif, the Pyrenees and the cordilleras of the Iberian System. There they...
and León with Galicia, in the Sanabria Lake Natural Park, nearby the GalicianMassif. It is 90 km far from Bragança, in Portugal, 113 from Ponferrada, and...
[tɾəmunˈtanə] or [tɾamunˈtana] in Catalan and tramontana [tɾamonˈtana] in Spanish, Galician and Basque. The wind also lends its name to the Serra de Tramuntana in...
Venezuela El Rosal, a population located in the Iscancé Valley in the Colombian Massif in the municipality of San Sebastian in the Cauca Department. El Rosal,...
3.4 million with Catalan as first language), Galician (understood by the 93% of the 2.8 million Galician population) and Basque (cf. around 1 million...
ɡɐˈlisijɐ]; Spanish: Punta Galicia; Galician: Punta Galicia or Punta Galiza) is the peak rising to 4480 m in Vinson Massif, Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains...
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