Pyrenees
The Pyrenees in Spanish Pirineos, or French Pyrénées, and Catalan Pirineus, are a range of mountains in south-west Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. They separate the Iberian Peninsula from France, and extend for about 430km from the Bay of Biscay to Cap de Creus, or, if only the main crest of the range be considered, to Cape Cerbère, on the Mediterranean Sea.
For the most part the main crest constitutes the Franco-Spanish frontier, with the principality of Andorra sandwiched between them; the principal exception to this rule is formed by the Val d’Aran, which belongs orographically to the north face but politically to Spain. Also there are the minor orographical anomalies of the Cerdanya fall, and the Spanish exclave of the town Llívia.
