Puerto_de_Navacerrada

Navacerrada Pass

Navacerrada Pass

Mountain pass in Spain

The Navacerrada Pass (Spanish: Puerto de Navacerrada [ˈpweɾto ðe naβaθeˈraða]) is a mountain pass in the Guadarrama Mountains, in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula.

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In 1788, it replaced the Fuenfría Pass as mountain pass in the route crossing the Sierra de Guadarrama connecting the Spanish cities of Madrid and Segovia.[1] The saddle point lies at 1,858 metres over sea level.[1] It is located in the border between the province of Segovia and the Community of Madrid. The route consists of the M-601 [es] road in the Madrilenian side and the CL-601 [es] in the segovian side. As of 2019, several of the Alpine buildings erected in the surroundings are derelict.[2]

Climate

The climate type of Navacerrada Pass is humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsb), close to the mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb),[3] with cold and rainy winters and cool to warm dry summers. Snow is common during the winter.[4]

More information Climate data for Puerto de Navacerrada (altitude 1893m, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1946–present), Month ...

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Muñoz Jiménez, Julio (2016). "Los efectos de las modificaciones recientes del clima sobre los ventisqueros de la sierra de Guadarrama históricamente explitados para el abastecimiento de nieve a Madrid: el caso del ventisquero del Ratón (Cuerda Larga, Manzanares el Real)". Libro jubilar en Homenaje al Profesor Antonio Gil Olcina. Sant Vicent del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante. p. 66. ISBN 978-84-16724-09-3.
  2. [2]
    Delgado, Adrián (21 July 2019). "Navacerrada, puerto fantasma". ABC.
  3. [3]
    "Evolucion de los climas de Köppen en España: 1951-2020" (PDF). Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  4. [4]
    Meteorología, Agencia Estatal de. "Puerto de Navacerrada: Puerto de Navacerrada - Agencia Estatal de Meteorología - AEMET. Gobierno de España". www.aemet.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  5. [5]
    "Valores climatológicos normales. Puerto de Navacerrada" (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal de Meteorología. Archived from the original on 2024-04-04.
  6. [6]
    "Valores extremos. Puerto de Navacerrada" (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal de Meteorología. Archived from the original on 2024-04-04.


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