Veleta height
11,142ft
above sea level · 3,396 m
Veleta is the 2nd highest summit in Andalusia in the IGN’s table of Spanish summits. It’s in the Sierra Nevada, part of the Baetic System.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.06° N · 3.37° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 3′ 22″ N · 3° 21′ 56″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 467,486 E · 4,101,150 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Dílar
- Municipality the summit lies in
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 11,117 ft (3,388.4 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 11,142 ft.
Compared with Spain’s other peaks
At 11,142 ft (3,396 m), Veleta ranks 4th among the 228 Spanish summits in the IGN’s table, 1,047 ft lower than Mount Teide.
Other summits in Andalusia with their own page: Mulhacén (11,414 ft).
The nearest provincial capital is Granada, 15 mi away in a straight line. The summit stands 8,904 ft above the city.
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Granada province is Mulhacén, at 11,414 ft (3,479 m). It lies 3.0 mi away in a straight line, 272 ft above Veleta.
- 4 Veleta 11,142 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Veleta.
How high is Veleta?
Veleta rises to 11,142 feet (3,396 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 Veleta?
Latitude 37.05602 and longitude -3.36569 in decimal degrees (37° 3′ 22″ N · 3° 21′ 56″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 467,486 E and 4,101,150 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
Is Veleta the highest mountain in Spain?
No. It ranks 4th of the 228 summits in the IGN’s table. Spain’s highest is Mount Teide, on Tenerife, at 12,188 ft (3,715 m).
Which municipality is the summit in?
Dílar, in Granada province (Andalusia), according to the IGN’s municipal boundaries. The point is just 1 m (3 ft) from the boundary, so the summit is shared with the neighboring municipality.
How high is Veleta in feet?
11,142 feet. The official height is 3,396 meters, and one meter is 3.28084 feet, so 3,396 × 3.28084 ≈ 11,142 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 (8 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