Sierra de San Just ( an, Sierra de Sant Chust) is a mountain range in the
Cuencas Mineras
Cuencas Mineras is a comarca in Aragon, Spain. It is located in Teruel Province, in the mountainous area of the Sistema Ibérico.
The administrative capital is Utrillas, with 3,346 inhabitants the largest town of the comarca, but the historical ...
comarca of Aragon,
Teruel Province
Teruel (Catalan: ''Terol'' ) is a province of Aragon, in the northeast of Spain. The capital is Teruel.
It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Castellón, Valencia (including its exclave Rincón de Ademuz), Cuenca, Guadalajara, and Zar ...
,
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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. 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.
Geography
Landslides
Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of environments, ...
are relatively frequent in the San Just mountains.
Besides the mountain ranges, the Plains of Visiedo ( es, Llanos de Visiedo) near
Visiedo, the Altos del Zancado, and the area surrounding
Ejulve
Ejulve is a municipality located in the Andorra-Sierra de Arcos comarca, province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2011 census (INE
INE, Ine or ine may refer to:
Institutions
* Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear rese ...
, are all part of the Sierra de San Just geographic zone.
Road
N-211
The N-211 is a highway in Aragon, Spain. It connects the Autovía A-2 between Alcolea del Pinar and Fraga through Monreal del Campo, Alcañiz and Caspe, communicating Madrid with Catalonia. It is an alternative route for N-II/ A-2.
There have ...
crosses the range at
Gargallo and skirts the mountainsides of the chain.
Mining
There are
lignite
Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35%, and is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat ...
deposits in the Sierra de San Just range. The
Utrillas
Utrillas is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE
INE, Ine or ine may refer to:
Institutions
* Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center
* Instituto Nacion ...
mines were exploited since
ancient Roman
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times.
Cañada Vellida - Sierra de Sant Just
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See also
*List of mountains in Aragon
This is a list of mountains in Aragon, Spain. They include the Aneto, the highest peak in the Pyrenees, as well as the Moncayo, the highest peak in the Sistema Ibérico.
See also
* List of Pyrenean three-thousanders
*Pyrenees
* Pre-Py ...
*Cuencas Mineras
Cuencas Mineras is a comarca in Aragon, Spain. It is located in Teruel Province, in the mountainous area of the Sistema Ibérico.
The administrative capital is Utrillas, with 3,346 inhabitants the largest town of the comarca, but the historical ...
References
External links
Geografia de la Provincia de Teruel
Region of Cuencas MinerasUtrillas - HistoriaGargallo, en la Sierra de Sant JustCuencas Mineras - Tourism
{{Mountain ranges of the Iberian System
San Just
San Just