Peña Trevinca height
6,978ft
above sea level · 2,127 m
Peña Trevinca is the highest summit in Galicia and the 27th highest summit in Castile and León in the IGN’s table of Spanish summits. It’s in the Galician Massif.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.24° N · 6.80° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 14′ 33″ N · 6° 47′ 46″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29T · 681,835 E · 4,679,038 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Porto
- Municipality the summit lies in
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 6,970 ft (2,124.6 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 Trevinca ranks 77th among the 228 Spanish summits in the IGN’s table, 5,210 ft lower than Mount Teide.
It’s the highest point of both Ourense and Zamora provinces. The summit sits on the border between Ourense and Zamora.
Other summits in Castile and León with their own page: Torre Cerredo (8,691 ft), Torre Blanca (8,586 ft), Almanzor (8,501 ft), Peñalara (7,966 ft), El Torreón (7,871 ft), Moncayo (7,592 ft), Pico del Lobo (7,454 ft), Urbión (7,310 ft), Teleno (7,162 ft), and Peña Cebollera (6,978 ft).
The nearest provincial capital is Ourense, 55 mi away in a straight line. The summit stands 6,549 ft above the city.
- 25 Peña Trevinca 6,978 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Peña Trevinca.
How high is Peña Trevinca?
Peña Trevinca 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 Trevinca?
Latitude 42.24237 and longitude -6.79607 in decimal degrees (42° 14′ 33″ N · 6° 47′ 46″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 681,835 E and 4,679,038 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
Is Peña Trevinca 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), but Peña Trevinca is the highest in Galicia.
Which municipality is the summit in?
Porto, in Zamora province (Castile and León), 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.
Does Peña Trevinca have other names?
Yes. The IGN’s gazetteer also lists it as “Pena Trevinca”.
How high is Peña Trevinca 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 (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