Aketegi height
5,089ft
above sea level · 1,551 m
Aketegi is the highest summit in the Basque Country in the IGN’s table of Spanish summits. It’s in the Aizkorri range, part of the Cantabrian Mountains.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.96° N · 2.33° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 57′ 32″ N · 2° 19′ 48″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 554,651 E · 4,756,456 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Zegama
- Municipality the summit lies in
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 5,080 ft (1,548.4 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 5,089 ft.
Compared with Spain’s other peaks
At 5,089 ft (1,551 m), Aketegi ranks 156th among the 228 Spanish summits in the IGN’s table, 7,100 ft lower than Mount Teide.
It’s the highest point of Gipuzkoa province.
Other summits in the Basque Country with their own page: Aizkorriko gurutzea (4,997 ft).
The nearest provincial capital is Vitoria-Gasteiz, 19 mi away in a straight line. The summit stands 3,369 ft above the city.
- 31 Aketegi 5,089 ft
Each color band is 500 m (1,640 ft), the same colors as the map. See the full list
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Aketegi.
How high is Aketegi?
Aketegi rises to 5,089 feet (1,551 meters) above sea level. That’s the official figure from Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN), measured at the summit.
What are the coordinates of Aketegi?
Latitude 42.95878 and longitude -2.32995 in decimal degrees (42° 57′ 32″ N · 2° 19′ 48″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 554,651 E and 4,756,456 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
Is Aketegi the highest mountain in Spain?
No. It ranks 156th of the 228 summits in the IGN’s table. Spain’s highest is Mount Teide, on Tenerife, at 12,188 ft (3,715 m), but Aketegi is the highest in the Basque Country.
Which municipality is the summit in?
Zegama, in Gipuzkoa province (Basque Country), according to the IGN’s municipal boundaries.
How high is Aketegi in feet?
5,089 feet. The official height is 1,551 meters, and one meter is 3.28084 feet, so 1,551 × 3.28084 ≈ 5,089 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 (1 m from the IGN’s point) and the base map, with OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).
Reviewed October 31, 2026 · Methodology and sources · Spotted a mistake? Let us know