Peña Cebollera height
6,978ft
above sea level · 2,127 m
Peña Cebollera is the 27th highest summit in Castile and León and the 2nd highest summit in Castilla–La Mancha in the IGN’s table of Spanish summits. It’s in the Sierra Cebollera, part of the Central System.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.17° N · 3.54° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 9′ 54″ N · 3° 32′ 23″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 454,714 E · 4,557,220 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Somosierra
- Municipality the summit lies in
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 6,977 ft (2,126.6 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 6,978 ft.
Compared with Spain’s other peaks
At 6,978 ft (2,127 m), Peña Cebollera ranks 77th among the 228 Spanish summits in the IGN’s table, 5,210 ft lower than Mount Teide.
The summit sits on the border between Guadalajara, Madrid, and Segovia provinces.
Other summits in the Community of Madrid with their own page: Peñalara (7,966 ft) and Cabeza de Hierro Mayor (7,805 ft).
The nearest provincial capital is Segovia, 34 mi away in a straight line. The summit stands 3,688 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 31 mi away in a straight line, 988 ft above Peña Cebollera.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Peña Cebollera.
How high is Peña Cebollera?
Peña Cebollera rises to 6,978 feet (2,127 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 Peña Cebollera?
Latitude 41.16505 and longitude -3.53981 in decimal degrees (41° 9′ 54″ N · 3° 32′ 23″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 454,714 E and 4,557,220 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
Is Peña Cebollera the highest mountain in Spain?
No. It ranks 77th 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?
Somosierra, in Madrid province (Community of Madrid), according to the IGN’s municipal boundaries. The point is just 0 m (0 ft) from the boundary, so the summit is shared with the neighboring municipality.
Does Peña Cebollera have other names?
Yes. The IGN’s gazetteer also lists it as “Peña Cebollera Vieja”.
How high is Peña Cebollera in feet?
6,978 feet. The official height is 2,127 meters, and one meter is 3.28084 feet, so 2,127 × 3.28084 ≈ 6,978 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