Sierra del Mugrón | |
Elevation M: | 1209 |
Map: | Spain |
Location: | Valle de Cofrentes, Valencian Community Almansa, Castile-La Mancha |
Range: | Isolated range |
Coordinates: | 38.9225°N -1.1561°W |
Type: | Limestone (Miocene) |
Easiest Route: | From Almansa, Ayora or Alpera |
Sierra del Mugrón is a 16.6km (10.3miles) long mountain range located between the shire of Valle de Cofrentes (Catalan; Valencian: Vall de Cofrents), Valencian Community, and Almansa, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is an isolated range between the Iberian System and the Cordillera Prebética. Its highest point is 1,209 m. The northern section of this range is within the Ayora (Catalan; Valencian: Aiora) municipal term, while the southern belongs to Almansa.
There are remains of an Ancient Iberian settlement in Castellar de Meca, between Ayora and Alpera.
This mountain range is a quiet lonely and isolated area with a sizeable amount of wildlife, foremost of which are the wildcat, boar, little bustard, Eurasian stone-curlew, peregrine falcon, European nightjar, black wheatear, common wood pigeon, Dartford warbler, red-legged partridge and Bonelli's eagle.[1]