The range is located to the northeast of Granada city. Its highest point is the 1,889 m high Peñón del Majalijar peak.[1]
Geography
The Sierra de Cogollos extends between the Vega de Granada valley to the west and the Axarquía in the east. To the north the narrow Blanco River valley separates it from the Sierra Arana and to the south, another narrow valley, carved by the Bermejo River marks the limit with the lower Sierra de la Yedra range. The northeastern sector of the Sierra de Cogollos merges with Sierra Arana.
This mountain range includes the Peñón de la Mata, a limestone mountain topped by a massive rocky outcrop that is 1,669 metres (5,476 ft) in height and that towers above Cogollos Vega town. Peñón del Majalijar, the ranges's highest summit is located at the other end of the range.[2]
The Sierra de Cogollos is mostly included within the municipal term of Cogollos Vega, with a little part within Huétor Santillán at its eastern end.[3]