Key Facts about Pyrenees Mountains

About Pyrenees Mountains:

• The Pyrenees are a chain of mountains in southwestern Europe that form a natural border between Spain and France. 

• It is a fold mountain chain created by the continental collision of the microcontinent of Iberia with the massive Eurasian plate.
• They are quite old mountains in comparison to the Alps. 
• It extends for about 500 km from the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea in the east to the Bay of Biscay (Atlantic Ocean) in the west.

• Politically, it is divided into the Spanish and French Pyrenees. The tiny country of Andorra is found sandwiched between them, in the eastern part of the Pyrenees Mountains.

• It separates the rest of continental Europe from the Iberian Peninsula.

• The western end of the Pyrenees Mountains merges with the Cantabrian Mountains, located in the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula.
• Located in Spain, Aneto Peak, is the highest mountain peak in the Pyrenees Mountains (3,404 m).