Sierra de San Just

Sierra de San Just
Western end of Sierra de San Just near Montalbán
Highest point
Peak	San Just
Elevation	1,522 m (4,993 ft)
Listing	Mountains of Aragon
Coordinates	40°44′36″N 0°39′46″W / 40.74333°N 0.66278°W / 40.74333; -0.66278
Geography
Sierra de San Just Location in Spain
Location	Cuencas Mineras, Aragon
Parent range	Iberian System, Eastern zone
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Age of rock	Cretaceous
Climbing
Easiest route	From the towns of Ejulve, Gargallo or Montalbán

Sierra de San Just (Aragonese: Sierra de Sant Chust) is a mountain range in the Cuencas Mineras comarca of Aragon, Teruel Province, Spain. The highest point in the range is San Just (1,522 m). This range is located in one of the coldest and most rugged regions of Aragon.^[1]

Geography

Landslides are relatively frequent in the San Just mountains.^[2]

Besides the mountain ranges, the Plains of Visiedo (Spanish: Llanos de Visiedo) near Visiedo, the Altos del Zancado, and the area surrounding Ejulve, are all part of the Sierra de San Just geographic zone.^[3]

Road N-211 crosses the range at Gargallo and skirts the mountainsides of the chain.^{[citation needed]}

Mining

There are lignite deposits in the Sierra de San Just range. The Utrillas mines were exploited since ancient Roman times.^[4]

See also

• List of mountains in Aragon
• Cuencas Mineras

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sierra de San Just.

• Geografia de la Provincia de Teruel
• Region of Cuencas Mineras
• Paragliding - Sierra de San Just
• Utrillas - Historia
• Gargallo, en la Sierra de Sant Just
• Cuencas Mineras  - Tourism (in Spanish)

This page was last edited on 29 December 2023, at 07:46