Earth:Risco de los Claveles

Risco de los Claveles
Risco de los Claveles as seen from Peñalara.
Highest point
Elevation	2,388 m (7,835 ft)
Prominence	13 m
Parent peak	Peñalara
Geography
Location	Segovia and Madrid
Parent range	Sierra de Guadarrama
Geology
Mountain type	Gneiss and granite crag.

Risco de los Claveles, (in English, Carnation Crag), is the second highest peak in the Sierra de Guadarrama (Sistema Central, Spain ). It is 2366 meters high (7835 ft.), and is located in the northwest of Peñalara Natural Park, 700 meters north from Peñalara peak. Risco de los Claveles is in the limit between the provinces of Segovia and Madrid.

Description

Risco de los Claveles as seen from Laguna de los Pájaros.

Risco de los Claveles from Peñalara.

Risco de los Claveles is a sharp mount. The sides are covered in vegetation. Under 2000 meters, there is abundant life:pine, eagles, insects and vultures. Above that, there are some bushes and grass.

Gallery

Risco de los Claveles as seen from Peñalara plains.

Laguna de los Pájaros and Risco de los Claveles in the Peñalara Massif.

See also

• Sierra de Guadarrama
• Peñalara
• Mountains of Spain