Cabeza de Hierro Mayor height
7,805ft
above sea level · 2,379 m
Cabeza de Hierro Mayor is the 2nd highest summit in the Community of Madrid in the IGN’s table of Spanish summits. It’s in the Cuerda Larga, part of the Central System.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.80° N · 3.93° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 47′ 58″ N · 3° 55′ 58″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 421,306 E · 4,516,917 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Rascafría
- Municipality the summit lies in
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 7,802 ft (2,377.9 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 7,805 ft.
Compared with Spain’s other peaks
At 7,805 ft (2,379 m), Cabeza de Hierro Mayor ranks 59th among the 228 Spanish summits in the IGN’s table, 4,383 ft lower than Mount Teide.
Other summits in the Community of Madrid with their own page: Peñalara (7,966 ft) and Peña Cebollera (6,978 ft).
The nearest provincial capital is Segovia, 14 mi away in a straight line. The summit stands 4,514 ft above the city.
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in the Community of Madrid is Peñalara, at 7,966 ft (2,428 m). It lies 3.7 mi away in a straight line, 161 ft above Cabeza de Hierro Mayor.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Cabeza de Hierro Mayor.
How high is Cabeza de Hierro Mayor?
Cabeza de Hierro Mayor rises to 7,805 feet (2,379 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 Cabeza de Hierro Mayor?
Latitude 40.79948 and longitude -3.93288 in decimal degrees (40° 47′ 58″ N · 3° 55′ 58″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 421,306 E and 4,516,917 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
Is Cabeza de Hierro Mayor the highest mountain in Spain?
No. It ranks 59th 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?
Rascafría, in Madrid province (Community of Madrid), according to the IGN’s municipal boundaries. The point is just 2 m (7 ft) from the boundary, so the summit is shared with the neighboring municipality.
How high is Cabeza de Hierro Mayor in feet?
7,805 feet. The official height is 2,379 meters, and one meter is 3.28084 feet, so 2,379 × 3.28084 ≈ 7,805 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 (4 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