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Sierra de Alhama
View of the Sierra de Alhama
Highest point
Peak	Pico de la Torca
Elevation	1,500 m (4,900 ft)
Coordinates	36°57′0″N 04°07′0″W / 36.95000°N 4.11667°W / 36.95000; -4.11667
Geography
Sierra de AlhamaLocation in Spain
Location	Málaga and Granada provinces, Andalusia
Country	Spain
Parent range	Penibaetic System
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Rock type	Karstic

Sierra de Alhama is a mountain range of the Penibaetic System in Málaga and Granada provinces, Andalusia, Spain. Its highest point is the 1,500 m high Pico de la Torca. Other notable summits are Hoyo del Toro, 1,353 m, Cerro de Marchamonas, 1,272 m and Morrón de la Cuna 1,222 m.

This karstic mountain range is part of the ranges in the interior area of Axarquia. It stretches between the Sierra del Jobo and the 1,040 m high Puerto de los Alazores mountain pass in the west and the Sierra de Tejeda in the east with the corridor of Periana between them. The Guadalhorce river has its sources in this range. The Sierra de Alhama also includes the Boquete de Zafarraya an important pass at 992 m in the mountainous region of Axarquía.

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