Montgó
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 Platja Almadrava against the backdrop of the Montgó |
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| height | 753 msnm | |
| location | Marina Alta , Alicante Province , Spain | |
| Dominance | 18 km → Serra del Ferrer | |
| Coordinates | 38 ° 48 ′ 30 ″ N , 0 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| rock | Limestone and marl | |
| Age of the rock | chalk | |
The Montgó (more rarely Mongó ) is a mountain in southeastern Spain , in the north of the Costa Blanca , near the coastal cities of Dénia and Xàbia with an altitude of 753 msnm . The Montgó itself and the area surrounding it is a nature reserve (" Parc Natural el Montgó ").
The official PR V-152 hiking trail of the Federación Valenciano de Montanismo leads over the Montgó , on the edge of which there are interesting sights such as the Cova de l'Aigua , Cova del Camell and the Creueta (summit cross).
It is one of the landmarks of the city of Dénia .
It is also known as the “Sleeping Elephant” among German tourists. This is due to its unusual shape, like a trunk, its foothills wind their way to the sea.
geology
The Montgó is part of the mountain range of the Betic Cordillera , within which it belongs to the Prebetic Zone. As it rises abruptly above its surroundings, isolated from the neighboring mountain ranges, it forms a landmark that is visible from afar. This situation is tectonic. Immediately north and south of the mountain, a fault runs in an east-west direction . In between the Montgó is as Horst lifted.
The mountain consists of sedimentary rocks from the upper stage of the Lower Cretaceous , the Albian , to the first stage of the Tertiary , the Eocene.
Albium
The oldest layers in the area of the Montgó Natural Park come from the youngest stage of the Lower Cretaceous, the Albium . These are ocher-colored marls with individual layers of limestone marls . The upper 100 m of it are open. It is known from the area that they reach a thickness of several hundred meters. They were deposited in the sea at shallow depths.
Upper Albian / Lower Cenomanian
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The rock sequence of the geological levels can be clearly seen on the northern slope of Montgó:
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Above this there is a transition area from the Albium to the Cenomanium, which contains ocher-colored and reddish marl and sandy limestones . The thickness is around 150 m. Due to their higher proportion of lime, they can form steeper slopes than marl. Large parts of this area of the slopes of the Montgó are occupied by settlement areas (Urbanicaziónes).
Cenomanium
The area of the following Cenomanium , the lower level of the Upper Cretaceous, consists of more or less marly limestones of brown and grayish color, which are layered in thick packages. They come from a marine carbonate platform at shallow depth. Their thickness is between 170 and 280 m, with an average of 250 m. The slope is now much greater, between 50 and 100%. The corresponding slopes are clearly visible, they occupy the zone between the settlements and the lower edge of the steep rock walls.
Turonium
The very steep, mostly vertical rock walls consist of compact Turon limestone with only weak stratification. When fresh it is white or off-white. This limestone was formed on a marine carbonate platform and is 150 m thick (120 m in places). Due to its high weather resistance, it forms the steep step of the Montgó below the narrow, approximately 4 km long plateau.
Senonium
In the east of the Montgo plateau, layers of Senonium ( Santonium , Campanium and Maastrichtian ) are still superimposed on the Turonium . These are yellowish marls and marl limestones as well as clearly stratified white, marly limestone with individual compact banks . These rocks come from a more pelagic , i.e. deeper sea area. Its thickness is around 200 m.
Eocene
Tertiary sediments of the Eocene can only be found in the area of the summit. They include greenish and yellowish marls and marl limestones, sediments of a shallow sea area.
photos
The structure of the summit of the Montgó
View from Montgó to Cape San Antonio
swell
Gerardo Stübing Martínez and Antonio Estévez (editors): Estudio multidisciplinar del Parque Natural del Montgó (Alicante). Generalitat Valenciana, Agència del Medi Ambient, Valencia 1991, ISBN 84-7890-347-X
