Crossword-Solution: VELETA 6 letters, 5 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

Con une bonete cubierto De zaphires y esparaldas, Que publican zelos muertos, Y vivas las esperancos, Con una nevada toça; Que el color de la veleta Tambien publica bononça Informandose primero.

The grandeur of the Sierra Nevada, with its lofty sky-lines, all white and clean-cut against an azure background, majestic Mulahacen and the Picachos de la Veleta, are familiar objects to most visitors to Southern Spain.

The chief points in the Pyrenees, nevertheless, run them fairly close, as shown in the following table:-- GREATEST ALTITUDES IN FEET _Sierra Neváda._ Mulahacen 11,781 Picacho de la Veleta 11,597 Alcazába 11,356 Cerro de los Machos 11,205 Col de la Veleta 10,826 _Pyrenees._ Pico de Nethou 11,168 Monte de Posets 11,046 Monte Perdido 10,994 By way of comparison it may be added that the next greatest elevations in Spain are:-- Picos de Europa (described in Chap.

The ibex, on the other hand, must be counted as no mean asset, and though totally unprotected, they yet hold their own--a fair average stock survives along the line of the Veleta, Alcazába, and Mulahacen.

Now the Sierra Neváda with its league-long lines of unbroken snow, accentuated by the mystery of the towering Veleta, massive Mulahacen, and the rest, presents an alpine panorama that is absolutely unrivalled in all the Peninsula.