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mass, visible from a distance due to its isolation from any other peak. The south face has smooth reliefs while the north face has vertical walls. Due to its composition, it suffers variations in its appearance depending on the season and lighting, being covered with snow most of the winter.
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It is a transition area in which taxa typical of central and northern Europe are mixed with others characteristic of the
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and small plants characteristic of the high mountains. Among the latter it is necessary to highlight a variety of
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It is located north of the hamlet of Cardaño de Abajo and south-west of Cardaño de Arriba, in the municipality of
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world. The climatic conditions make it lack vegetation, developing only some
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Its limits are established by morpho-structural features: to the north, the
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that only occurs in this peak, discovered in 1935 by the eminent botanist
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Lagunilla, Emilio Vicente. Asociación Cultural La Escalera (ed.).
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Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre-Montaña Palentina Natural Park
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is recorded as the first to climb it, in 1854, and so did
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One of the highest peaks of the Montaña Palentina, Spain
1663:(in Spanish). No. 175. March 2012. pp. 60–69. 1654:"Un espía en el Espigüete. La expedición de Saint Saud" 1477:"Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre-Montaña Palentina" 204: 194: 189: 179: 174: 160: 150: 142: 101: 62: 52: 42: 37: 23: 1456:(in Spanish). 3 June 2010. pp. 50653–50656 259:. Its western foothills belong to the town of 338:Southeast view of Espigüete reflected in the 8: 1501:: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( 20: 1300:Average max. and min. temperatures in °F 854:Average max. and min. temperatures in °C 288:On 27 June 2000, the declaration of the 255:and 126 km from the provincial capital, 1628:"Medio siglo en lo más alto de la cima" 1386: 231:. It is located in the municipality of 1494: 326:The northeast face of Espigüete, from 7: 1392: 1390: 251:, 26 km from the regional centre of 374:with subway rivers and lakes, deep 1581:Allende Álvarez, Fernando (2006). 1422:Palencia, Somos (31 August 2020). 14: 1373:in 1892, on one of his visits to 382:that make it a real treasure for 120: 119: 112: 29: 350:that directs the waters of the 1680:. Route of the Espigüete Peak. 1308:Precipitation totals in inches 249:Montaña Palentina Natural Park 1: 1626:Marín, Esther (1 June 2015). 1365:The geologist and naturalist 1558:(in Spanish). 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Elevation
Prominence
Coordinates
42°56′41″N 04°47′46″W / 42.94472°N 4.79611°W / 42.94472; -4.79611
Espigüete is located in Spain
Castile and León
Palencia
León
Mountain type
First ascent
Normal route
Palencia
Castile and León
Curavacas
Velilla del Río Carrión
Velilla del Río Carrión
Montaña Palentina Natural Park
Guardo
Palencia
Valverde de la Sierra
León
limestone
Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre-Montaña Palentina Natural Park
Boletín Oficial del Estado
Curavacas

Curavacas

Cardaño de Arriba

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