Urbión height
2,228m
above sea level · 7,310 ft
Urbión is the 20th highest summit in Castile and León and the 2nd highest summit in La Rioja in the IGN’s table of Spanish summits. It’s in the Picos de Urbión, part of the Iberian System.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.01° N · 2.88° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 0′ 41″ N · 2° 52′ 43″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 510,062 E · 4,651,054 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Viniegra de Abajo
- Municipality the summit lies in
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 2,220.2 m (7,284 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 2,228 m.
Compared with Spain’s other peaks
At 2,228 m (7,310 ft), Urbión ranks 67th among the 228 Spanish summits in the IGN’s table, 1,487 m lower than Mount Teide.
The summit sits on the border between La Rioja and Soria provinces.
Other summits in La Rioja with their own page: Cerro de San Lorenzo (2,271 m).
The nearest provincial capital is Soria, 44 km away in a straight line. The summit stands 1,172 m above the city.
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in La Rioja is Cerro de San Lorenzo, at 2,271 m (7,451 ft). It lies 27 km away in a straight line, 43 m above Urbión.
- 22 Urbión 2,228 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Urbión.
How high is Urbión?
Urbión rises to 2,228 meters (7,310 feet) above sea level. That’s the official figure from Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN), measured at the summit.
What are the coordinates of Urbión?
Latitude 42.01144 and longitude -2.87848 in decimal degrees (42° 0′ 41″ N · 2° 52′ 43″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 510,062 E and 4,651,054 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
Is Urbión the highest mountain in Spain?
No. It ranks 67th of the 228 summits in the IGN’s table. Spain’s highest is Mount Teide, on Tenerife, at 3,715 m (12,188 ft).
Which municipality is the summit in?
Viniegra de Abajo, in La Rioja province (La Rioja), according to the IGN’s municipal boundaries. The point is just 5 m (16 ft) from the boundary, so the summit is shared with the neighboring municipality.
Does Urbión have other names?
Yes. The IGN’s gazetteer also lists it as “Pico de Urbión”.
How high is Urbión in feet?
7,310 feet. The official height is 2,228 meters, and one meter is 3.28084 feet, so 2,228 × 3.28084 ≈ 7,310 ft.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height of a point above mean sea level. Mapping agencies such as Spain’s IGN measure it on the ground with leveling and survey-grade GPS. Maps read it from an elevation model, a grid with the ground height at every point, so the model can differ by a few meters from the official figure, especially on sharp summits.
Sources
- IGN · Main summits (Información Geográfica Destacada) Official elevation of the summit. CC BY 4.0 license.
- MDT05 Digital Terrain Model (IGN) Ground height at this exact point, to check the figure. 5 m grid, CC BY 4.0 license.
- IGN summit table The summit’s rank, range, the provinces it lies in and its other names. CC BY 4.0 license.
- Terrain Tiles (AWS Open Data) Hillshading on the map, from public data by USGS, NASA, Copernicus and others.
- OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The summit’s position (2 m from the IGN’s point) and the base map, with OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).
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