# Mount Picossa

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{{Short description|Mountain in Spain}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name              = Mount Picossa
| native_name       = {{native name|ca|La Picossa}}
| image             = Catalunya Picossa.JPG
| image_caption     = View of the summit from the air
| elevation_m       = 495.8
| elevation_ref     = <ref name=ICC/><!-- 2024-05-09: Search for La Picossa in Ribera d'Ebre -->
| prominence_m      = 
| prominence_ref    = 
| range             = Isolated hill in the [Catalan Central Depression](/source/Catalan_Central_Depression)
| listing           = [Mountains of Catalonia](/source/List_of_mountains_in_Catalonia)
| map               = Spain Catalonia
| map_caption       = Location in southern Catalonia
| country           = Spain
| subdivision1_type = [Community](/source/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain)
| subdivision1      = [Catalonia](/source/Catalonia)
| subdivision2_type = [County](/source/Comarques_of_Catalonia)
| subdivision2      = [Ribera d'Ebre](/source/Ribera_d'Ebre)
| settlement_type   = City
| settlement        = [Móra d'Ebre](/source/M%C3%B3ra_d'Ebre)
| coordinates       = {{coord|41|06|33|N|0|34|35|E|type:mountain_region:ES-CT_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref   = 
| type              = 
| first_ascent      = Unknown
| easiest_route     = From [Móra d'Ebre](/source/M%C3%B3ra_d'Ebre)
| fetchwikidata     = ALL
}}
'''Mount Picossa''' ({{langx|ca|La Picossa}}) is a mountain in [Catalonia](/source/Catalonia), [Spain](/source/Spain). It is located within the [Móra d'Ebre](/source/M%C3%B3ra_d'Ebre) municipal limits, [Ribera d'Ebre](/source/Ribera_d'Ebre). 

The summit used to be a breeding ground for the [Bonelli's eagle](/source/Bonelli's_eagle), but in the last few years the birds have failed to reproduce. Human disturbance has been deemed to be the cause and the access to the mountain has been restricted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.feec.cat/noticia/mora-debre-tallara-camins-a-la-picossa-per-assegurar-la-reproduccio-de-laguila-cuabarrada/ |title=Móra d'Ebre tallarà camins a la Picossa per assegurar la reproducció de l'àguila cuabarrada|publisher=Federació d'Entitats Excursionistes de Catalunya (FEEC)|language=Spanish|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref>

==Geography==
Mount Picossa is an isolated hill of the [Catalan Central Depression](/source/Catalan_Central_Depression).<ref name=ICC>{{cite web|url=http://www.icc.cat/vissir2/ |title=Mapa Topogràfic de Catalunya|publisher= Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya|language=Spanish|accessdate=11 November 2017}}</ref>
There is a [triangulation station](/source/triangulation_station) at the top marked "251139001". The [Serra de Cavalls](/source/Serra_de_Cavalls) can be seen in the horizon looking south.<ref name="DC">{{cite web|url=http://www.descobrir.cat/ca/galeria/ribera-d-ebre-un-passeig-per-l-horta-de-les-delicies-011/4825|title=La Picossa és el cim més emblemàtic de Mora d'Ebre|language=Spanish|access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref>

==History==
During the [Battle of the Ebro](/source/Battle_of_the_Ebro) of the [Spanish Civil War](/source/Spanish_Civil_War) there was an observation point of the Republican Military on top of the hill which was bombed by the Francoist faction before the collapsing of the front. The [42nd Division](/source/42nd_Division_(Spain)) camped at the hill on 8 November 1938 during its withdrawal, having lost many of its troops and its pace being hampered by the many wounded.<ref name="SBHAC">{{cite web|url=http://www.sbhac.net/Republica/Fuerzas/EPR/EprL/BM059.htm|title=Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular - BM 59|publisher=Sociedad Benéfica de Historiadores Aficionados y Creadores (S.B.H.A.C)|language=Spanish|access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> By 10 November the Francoists had occupied Mount Picossa.<ref name=Thomas>{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=Hugh|year=2001|title=The Spanish Civil War|title-link=The Spanish Civil War (book)|publisher=Penguin Books|location=London|page=832}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://senderisme.com/prvfile.aspx?idioma=ca-ES&idprv=95 La Picossa hiking routes]

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Picossa
Category:Ribera d'Ebre

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