Parque Nacional de Picos de Europa - Spain
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Picos de Europa National Park is a National Park in the Picos de Europa mountain range, in northern Spain. It is shared by the autonomous communities of Asturias, Cantabria and Castile and León
Waymark Code: WMCHBY
Location: Cantabria, Spain
Date Posted: 09/08/2011
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Parque Nacional de Picos de Europa
«It was the first of the National Parks of Spain along with Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park in the Pyrenees. When it was created 22 July 1918 it covered the western part of today's national park, centered on the Lakes of Covadonga. The Parque Nacional de la Montaña de Covadonga, as it then was called, had an area of 169.25 km². On May 30, 1995 the park was extended to include its current total area of 646.60 km².
On July 9, 2003 UNESCO approved Biosphere Reserve status for the National Park. Picos de Europa is one of several biosphere reserves in the Cantabrian Mountains which are being integrated into a single super-reserve to be known as "Gran Cantábrica".
The total area of the park is 646.60 km² and is shared by Castilla y León, Asturias, and Cantabria. The highest point of the park is in Torre de Cerredo peak, 2,648 m AMSL and the lowest point is 75 m AMSL in the Deva River, that is, a vertical drop of 2,573 m.
The geological features of the park show the effects of glacial erosion on the limestone massifs that form the Cantabrian Mountains.»
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Sotama Visitors Centre (this coordinates)
«The Picos de Europa National Park's showpiece visitor's interpretation centre, Sotama, in the municipality of Cillorigo de Liébana, close to Potes, is well worth a visit even if it's not raining and even if it does resemble an outsized matchbox from the exterior.»
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Visit Instructions:A log will require a recent photograph at the coordinates. Some of these locations will be placed for the scenery, so a gpsr will just ruin the picture.
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