Oiz

Oiz
Mount Oiz summit.
Highest point
Elevation	1,026 m (3,366 ft)
Prominence	710 m (2,330 ft)
Coordinates	43°13′43.21″N 02°35′24.13″W / 43.2286694°N 2.5900361°W / 43.2286694; -2.5900361Coordinates: 43°13′43.21″N 02°35′24.13″W / 43.2286694°N 2.5900361°W / 43.2286694; -2.5900361
Geography
Oiz Location in Spain
Location	Biscay, Spain
Parent range	Basque mountains
Climbing
Easiest route	South face from Garai.

Mount Oiz (1026.40 m.), is one of the most popular summits of Biscay in the Basque Country (Spain). Its summits form part of a long range that feeds several rivers: Ibaizabal, Artibai, Lea, Oka and Deva in Gipuzkoa all of them running to the Bay of Biscay.

The mountain is clearly distinguished from its surroundings, mostly because of the large antenna and the wind turbines in the top.

Its location in the middle of the province and its height provides great views from the summit, from the nearby sea to the surrounding mountains.

There are still patches of oaks and beeches on the mountain, but the higher zones are covered by huge pastures where sheep, horses and cows graze. There are wild deer and boars. Birds are shared with the nearby Urkiola natural park.

Oiz is one of the most important places of the history of Biscay and the Basque Country. During the prehistory it was inhabited by shepherds that left an important legacy of megalithic monuments. Later they moved to the valleys where they left the necropolis of San Juan de Momoitio.

Oiz is one of the "Hornblower Mountains"[1] from where the assembly of the Lordship of Biscay was gathered in the Middle Ages. This gathering was done by lighting fires and blowing into horns.