Desert de les Palmes
| Desert de les Palmes | |
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View of the range from the runway of the Castellón Aero Club
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 729 m (2,392 ft) |
| Listing | List of mountains in the Valencian Community |
| Coordinates | 40°05′02″N 0°02′27″E / 40.08389°N 0.04083°ECoordinates: 40°05′02″N 0°02′27″E / 40.08389°N 0.04083°E |
| Geography | |
 Desert de les Palmes
Spain
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| Location | Plana Alta, Valencian Community |
| Parent range | Mediterranean System, Southern zone |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | karstic |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | drive from Benicàssim |
Desert de les Palmes (Valencian pronunciation: [deˈzɛɾd de les ˈpaɫmes], Spanish: Desierto de las Palmas), also known as Serra del Desert de les Palmes is an 18.8 km long mountain range in the Plana Alta comarca, Valencian Community, Spain. Its highest point is Bartolo (729 m).
The Ermita de La Magdalena 40°02′04″N 0°00′20″W / 40.03444°N 0.00556°W, an important church for Castellonenc people, is located on a hill at the southern end of the range. The Prime Meridian crosses the Desert de les Palmes roughly in the middle.
The Columbretes Islands can be seen on clear days in the horizon looking seaward from the Desert de les Palmes heights.
Desert, the name of the range, originated in an ancient eremitical settlement or hermitage, known in Catalan as Desert, that was located in the mountain range.
Palmes on the other hand refers to the abundance of Chamaerops humilis palms in the range. Short, stocky, and growing in clumps, Chamaerops humilis is the only palm endemic to Europe.
The Desert de les Palmes stretches in a NE - SW direction in the municipal terms of Benicàssim, Cabanes, La Pobla Tornesa, Borriol and Castelló de la Plana. It is located near the Mediterranean coastline, crossed by the highway between Barcelona and Valencia.
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