Cabezo de Altomira is a mountain located about 4 km NE of the town of
Alfamén
Alfamén is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2016 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1,466 inhabitants Its demonym is vena. This town is reputed for its Melons and watermelons.
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,
Campo de Cariñena comarca,
Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...
,
Spain.
It is an
isolated hill
An inselberg or monadnock () is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain.
In Southern Africa a similar formation of granite is known as a koppie ...
, almost denuded of vegetation, that stands out in the flat landscape, even though the surrounding plain is already at an average elevation of . The Cabezo de Altomira offers an excellent lookout point over the surrounding plain of Cariñena and the
Sierra de Algairén and
Sierra de Vicort
Sierra de Vicort, also known as Sierra de Vicor ( an, Sierra de Bicort), is a long mountain range in the Comunidad de Calatayud and Campo de Daroca comarcas of Aragon, Spain.
The ridge is aligned in a NW-SE direction. It stretches southeast of th ...
ranges further to the south.
There are ruins of an
ancient Iberian settlement in the hill that have been excavated recently.
Cabezo de Altomira en Alfamén, Yacimientos Arqueológicos
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See also
*Alfamén
Alfamén is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2016 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1,466 inhabitants Its demonym is vena. This town is reputed for its Melons and watermelons.
Th ...
* Campo de Cariñena
References
External links
Cabezo Altomira. Alfamén, Guía Práctica
Mountains of Aragon
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