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2. Puig de Massanella - Wikipedia

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   Puig de Massanella is the second highest peak on the Spanish island of Mallorca.It is situated in the Serra de Tramuntana mountains. It is the highest peak on the island whose summit is accessible, as its higher neighbour Puig Major has a military-run antenna complex on the summit.

3. Balearic Islands - Wikipedia

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   The official name of the Balearic Islands in Catalan is Illes Balears, while in Spanish, they are known as the Islas Baleares.. The ancient Greeks usually adopted local names into their own language, but they called the islands Γυμνησίαι / Gymnesiai, unlike either the native inhabitants of the islands, the Carthaginians, or the Romans, who called them Βαλεαρεῖς, with the ...

4. Serra de Na Burguesa - Wikipedia

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   The mountain's average height is approximately 400 m (1,300 ft) above sea level, characterized by a low range of hills and steep-sided valleys. [3] Its highest peaks are Puig den Bou at 503 m (1,650 ft), and Puig Gros de Bendinat at 486 m (1,594 ft), [3] Subsequent to fires on Na Burguesa, a fire tower was built on the 432 m (1,417 ft) Es Pi de ses Creus. [3]

5. Mallorca - Wikipedia

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   Mallorca, [a] or Majorca, [b] [2] [3] is the largest of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Balearic Islands have been an autonomous region of Spain since 1983. [4]

6. Serra de Tramuntana - Wikipedia

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   The mountain range also host the deepest cave of Majorca, the Cova de sa Campana at -358 meters, and the deepest underground lake at -334 meters. [ 3 ] The climate in the Tramuntana Range is significantly wetter than the rest of the island, recording as much as 1507 mm (59.3 inches) of precipitation per year, in comparison with some other parts ...

7. Topography of Spain - Wikipedia

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   Relief map of peninsular Spain and the Balearic Islands. Map of Spain showing terrain altitude and topography. The Canary Islands, located in North Africa, are of volcanic origin. Hypsometric curve of peninsular Spain. In spite of being bathed by the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, half of its surface is at 660 m or more above sea level.

8. Menorca - Wikipedia

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   As with the rest of the Balearic Islands, Menorca was not occupied by the French during the Peninsular War, as it was successfully protected by the Royal Navy, this time allied to Spain. A quarantine station , Llatzaret (Catalan), was constructed from 1793 to 1807 next to the entrance to the Port Mahon. It served ships from North Africa wishing ...

9. List of islands of Spain - Wikipedia

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   Balearic Islands: Islas Baleares: Palma de Mallorca: 11.53 4.45 – 020: M-0: Isla Dragonera – Balearic Islands: Islas Baleares: Andraitx: 2.52 0.97 – – 023: M-0: Isla de Espalmador – Balearic Islands: Islas Baleares: Formentera: 1.37 0.53 – – 023: M-0: S'Illot – Balearic Islands: Islas Baleares: Alcúdia: n/d – – 027: M-0 ...