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Serra da Estrela

Page Type: Album

Image Type(s): Rock Climbing, Hiking, Skiing, Wildlife, Flora, Informational, Scenery, Panorama

Page By: Lodewijk

Created/Edited: Aug 7, 2008 / Aug 7, 2008

Object ID: 429295

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Page Score: 88.31% - 11 Votes

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Serra da Estrela National Park, Portugal

Serra da Estrela National Park is located in eastern Portugal and litteraly means "Range of the Star"
It is the highest mountain range of Portugal (when the Azores Islands are excluded) with the highest point at just under 2000 meters: 1993 meters high is Torre-mountain. (6541 ft.)
The mountain range is situated between the villages of Seia and Covilha and is about 100 km long and 30 km wide.
The mountain range is formed by a large granite ridge that millions of years ago formed the southern frontier of Portugal.
These image were made during my visit in june, 2008: Enjoy!

External Links

Official Serra da Estrela Site

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Beautiful Cantaro Magro

Highest point of Portugal

Ancient Glacial Valley

Weird rock structures

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Andino

It looks...

Voted 10/10

like a rough and wild (but beautiful) area. Are you gonna right a page about it ?

Posted Aug 7, 2008 10:20 am


	Lodewijk	Re: It looks...
	Hasn't voted	Thanks Antoine, it really is a place like no other! If you ever get the chance you should visit, it is really rough and wild indeed! Great place for hiking/climbing as well! I am thinking about it indeed to make an area page for it! I'll let you know! Bye, Lodewijk
		Posted Aug 7, 2008 11:31 am


	Lodewijk	Re: It looks...
	Hasn't voted	Hi Antoine: i finally made a page about Serra da Estrela: http://www.summitpost.org/area/range/480921/serra-da-estrela.html Greets Lo
		Posted Jan 19, 2009 6:13 am

dória	looks better
Hasn't voted	...it seems that the burned areas are recovering well. Two or three years ago, the glaciar valley became black
	Posted Aug 7, 2008 11:41 am


	Lodewijk	Re: looks better
	Hasn't voted	wow I didn't know that! In that case: Yes it really is recovering well!! Lodewijk
		Posted Aug 7, 2008 11:43 am


	Tomek Lodowy	Re: looks better
	Voted 10/10	Very nice album, till now I only knew that some mountains in Portugal exist, now I know more, thanks. Tomek
		Posted Nov 10, 2008 9:25 am


	Lodewijk	Re: looks better
	Hasn't voted	Thank you Tomek. I didn't know there were mountains at all in portugal until i visited this summer! Lodewijk
		Posted Nov 10, 2008 9:34 am

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