# Puig Major
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{{Short description|Peak in Mallorca, Spain}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Puig Major
| image = Mallorca - Puig Major.jpg
| image_caption = Rocky mountain landscape
| image_alt = Rocky mountain landscape
| image_size = 200
| elevation_m = 1445
| elevation_ref=
| prominence_m = 1445
| prominence_ref =
| listing = Ribu
| range = Serra de Tramuntana
| map = Spain
| map_caption = Îles Baléares
| label_position = left
| coordinates = {{coord|39|48|N|2|48|E|type:mountain_region:ES_scale:100000_source:GNS-enwiki|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =
| topo =
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route =
| language = Catalan
| translation = Higher Rise
| map_alt = Spain
| location = [Mallorca](/source/Mallorca), [Spain](/source/Spain)
| region = Îles Baléares
}}
'''Puig Major''' is the highest peak on the [Spanish](/source/Spain) island of [Mallorca](/source/Mallorca). With an elevation of {{convert|1445|m|abbr=on}} above sea level.[{{Cite web |title=Puig Major topographic map, elevation, terrain |url=https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/map-s1pqf3/Puig-Major/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Topographic maps |language=en}}] It is situated in the [Serra de Tramuntana](/source/Serra_de_Tramuntana) mountains. The mountain was used by the United States for an airbase from 1950 to 1993. It lies within the [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Spain) of [Escorca](/source/Escorca).
==Environment==
[Agrostis barceloi](/source/Agrostis) is present in the area.{{sfn|Massó|López-Pujol|López-Alvarado|Blanché|2016|p=609}} The mountain is made of [Liassic rock](/source/Lias_Group) from the [Early Jurassic](/source/Early_Jurassic).{{sfn|Buswell|2013|p=24}} It is the tallest mountain on the island at a height of {{convert|1445|m|sp=us}}.{{sfn|Buswell|2013|p=41}}
==Military Zone==
From 1957 to 1959, the United States constructed an airbase across 6.2 hectares of land on Puig Major. This was in use by the USAF 880th Aircraft Control & Warning Radar Squadron Patrol until 1993.{{sfn|Roberts|2020}}{{sfn|Puig Major summit is a no go area|2021}} Signals from [Apollo 11](/source/Apollo_11) confirming their safe landing on the [Moon](/source/Moon) were transmitted to the [Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center](/source/Christopher_C._Kraft_Jr._Mission_Control_Center) via the military satellite station at Puig Major.{{sfn|Carter|2019}}
During the second half of the 20th century, two orange protective spheres containing all the radar equipment remained on the summit. They became popular among Mallorcans with the name "Las Bolas" or "Ses Bolles." In 2005 a single, larger sphere was built due to a technological renovation.[{{Cite web |last=Sóller |first=J. Mora |date=2014-02-28 |title=Los secretos del Puig Major |url=https://www.diariodemallorca.es/ocio/2014/02/28/secretos-puig-major-3848740.html |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Diario de Mallorca |language=es}}][{{Cite web |last=MajorcanVillas |title=On top of Majorca: the Puig Major base |url=https://www.majorcanvillas.com/blog/on-top-of-majorca-the-puig-major-base |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=majorcanvillas.com |language=en}}]
==Hiking==
[Hiking](/source/Hiking) has an extensive tradition in [Majorca](/source/Mallorca), and hikers love the Puig Major for its beautiful routes, such as the climb to Penyal des Migdia to the southwest of the summit or Morro D'en Pelut to the north. Both routes partially involve the intrusion into the military zone, commonly without permission.[{{Cite web |date=2021-01-21 |title=Puig Major summit is a no go area |url=https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2021/01/21/77749/mallorca-environment-puig-major.html |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Majorca Daily Bulletin |language=en}}]
==References==
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==Works cited==
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===Books===
* {{cite book|last=Buswell |first=Richard |title=Mallorca: The Making of the Landscape |publisher=[Liverpool University Press](/source/Liverpool_University_Press) |date=2013 |doi=10.2307/jj.12638992 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.12638992 |isbn=9781780466811}}
===Journals===
* {{cite journal|last1=Massó |first1=Sergi |last2=López-Pujol |first2=Jordi |last3=López-Alvarado |first3=Javier |last4=Blanché |first4=Cèsar |last5=Sáez |first5=Llorenç |title=One species, one genotype: no genotypic variability in the extremely narrow endemic tetraploid Agrostis barceloi (Gramineae) |journal=[Plant Systematics and Evolution](/source/Plant_Systematics_and_Evolution) |publisher=[Springer Nature](/source/Springer_Nature) |date=2016 |volume=302 |issue=5 |pages=609–615 |jstor=44853144 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44853144 |url-access=subscription}}
===News===
* {{Cite news |date=21 January 2021 |title=Puig Major summit is a no go area |work=Majorca Daily Bulletin |url=https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2021/01/21/77749/mallorca-environment-puig-major.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250706174533/https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2021/01/21/77749/mallorca-environment-puig-major.html |archive-date=6 July 2025 |ref={{harvid|Puig Major summit is a no go area|2021}}}}
* {{Cite news |last=Carter |first=Humphrey |date=20 July 2019 |title=First signals from Apollo II landing on the moon beamed to Majorca |work=Majorca Daily Bulletin |url=https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2019/07/20/56349/first-signals-from-apollo-landing-the-moon-beamed-majorca.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250706174542/https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2019/07/20/56349/first-signals-from-apollo-landing-the-moon-beamed-majorca.html |archive-date=6 July 2025}}
* {{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Shirley |date=29 June 2020 |title=A little drift down memory lane for Humans of Majorca |work=Majorca Daily Bulletin |url=https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/holiday/life-style/2020/06/29/69053/little-drift-down-memory-lane-for-humans-majorca.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250706174444/https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/holiday/life-style/2020/06/29/69053/little-drift-down-memory-lane-for-humans-majorca.html |archive-date=6 July 2025}}
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==External links==
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Category:Mountains of Mallorca
Category:Mountains of the Balearic Islands
Category:Highest points of Spanish provinces
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