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Montserrat Mountain Overview
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- Geography and Features
- Located near Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain
- Part of Catalan Pre-Coastal Range with peaks reaching 1,236m
- Composed of pink conglomerate sedimentary rock
- Named "serrated mountain" in Catalan
- Historical Significance
- Named after Virgin of Montserrat by Columbus in 1493
- Also known as Santa Maria de Montserrat Monastery
- Designated as National Park in 1987
- Access and Activities
- Accessible by road, cable car, or rack railway
- Sant Joan funicular reaches summit with abandoned monk hovels
- Cavall Bernat rock feature popular with climbers
- Canal de las Damas via ferrata leads from Collbató
- Geological Formation
- Formed in middle Eocene as fan delta
- Original fan size between 100-150 square kilometres
- Dominated by limestone with calcite cementation
- Contains typical karst landforms like cave systems