Jabalcón or Cerro Jabalcón is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

near the city of Baza in the

province of Granada Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Albacete, Murcia, Almería, Jaén, Córdoba, Málaga, and the Mediterranean Sea (along the Costa Tropi ...

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. It reaches a height of 1,494 metres above

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. At the foot of Javalon are the ''Baños de Zújar'' (baths of

Zújar Zújar is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2005 census ( INE), the city has a population of 2746 inhabitants. See also * List of municipalities in Granada Province of Granada, Granada is a provinces ...

). They maintain a temperature over 30°C all year round, and are heated by a geo-thermal source underground. The mountain also has a

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situated on top as well as television and other

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towers.

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frequently launch from the top of here as the mountain is surrounded by relatively flat land.

Geology

Popular legend claims that this hill is an extinct volcano because of its dome-shape and the geo-thermal sources at its base. It is however an isolated

limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

outcrop, made up of dolomite, similar to the composition of the

Sierra de Baza Sierra de Baza is a mountain range near the city of Baza in the Granada province in Spain. It is named after the town of Baza and its highest point is the 2,269 m high Calar de Santa Bárbara. It is located between the Sierra Nevada The Si ...

mountains further away.Depresión de Guadix-Baza

References

External links

Zújar, Granada
Mountains of Andalusia Penibaetic System One-thousanders of Spain {{Andalusia-geo-stub