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Veleta ("Weather vane") or Pico del Veleta is the third highest peak of the Iberian peninsula and the second highest in the Sierra Nevada. Its height is given variously as ,〔 〔 and .〔 The mountain can be seen from the city of Granada. Veleta's northern slopes are home to the Sierra Nevada Ski Station. The access road that takes one to approximately 10 metres below the summit is the highest paved road in Europe across the mountains from Granada to the western Alpujarras. This road was built after the creation of the Sierra Nevada National Park in 1999.〔(Junta de Andalucia - Sierra Nevada )〕 It has been closed to general traffic beyond Hoya de la Mora, just above the ski station. However, the road is still used by ski station employees, national park rangers, cyclists and walkers, and there is also a microbus service〔(Microbus services in the Sierra Nevada )〕 that takes hikers up to Posiciones del Veleta, a viewpoint 3,100 metres above sea level. In summer it is a relatively easy walk up to the summit from there. The Corral de la Veleta or Corral del Veleta glacier, at 37° N the southernmost glacier in Europe, disappeared in 1913.〔(Veleta or Pico de Veleta - Iberianature )〕 On Pico Veleta at an elevation of 2920 m is the location of the IRAM 30m telescope. ==See also== *Sierra Nevada Ski Station * List of highest paved roads in Europe * List of highest paved roads in Europe by country * List of mountain passes 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Veleta (Sierra Nevada)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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