Creus Cape, lighthouse.
Creus Cape, lighthouse. It is a steep, rocky promontory, 672 meters high, towering over the Mediterranean, forming a small mountainous peninsula, cut by numerous carvings in the form of small coves, oriented according to the structure of the board . From a geological and morphological point of view, part of the foothills of the eastern Pyrenees, sinking into the sea by the massif of Cap de Creus. About granitic terrains and layered structure of the Ordovician (Paleozoic). Is influenced by the waves, caused mainly by the north wind, the name given a cold wind blowing from the north and northwest, and east winds. This area recorded annual rainfall ranging between 500 and 800 mm; it is therefore a damp Mediterranean climate, characterized by moderate rainfall and heat gently. It has a dominant vegetation of bushes and shrub. Peninsula north of the Costa Brava which sits on geological levels of more than 450 million years and which, since 1984 is considered a protected natural area under the category of natural park.
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Location: Carretera de Cadaques al Cap de Creus; Cadaques; Alt Emporda; Girona; Catalonia; Spain.
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