The Montes de León (

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for "mountains of León", named after the ancient

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) is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...

in north-western

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, in the provinces of León, Zamora and

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. This range is located at the confluence of the

Cantabrian Mountains The Cantabrian Mountains or Cantabrian Range () are one of the main systems of mountain ranges in Spain. They stretch for over 300 km (180 miles) across northern Spain, from the western limit of the Pyrenees to the Galician Massif ...

and the

Macizo Galaico The Galician Massif or Galician-Leonese Massif (, also known as ''Macizo Galaico-Leonés'') is a system of mountain ranges in the northwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. It is located in Galicia with its southeastern end reaching into the pr ...

. The summits of the range are often covered with

snow Snow consists of individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water througho ...

in the winter. The highest peak is Teleno, at . Other important summits are Cabeza de la Yegua , Peña Trevinca and Vizcodillo . The Montes Aquilanos and the Sierra de la Cabrera are subranges of the Montes de León.

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Macizo Galaico (Chain) - Hiking Geographic Card

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Mountain ranges of Castile and León {{León-geo-stub

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