Sierra mountains

Sierra is a Spanish word meaning mountain chain and saw, from Latin serra. The corresponding word in Portuguese, Catalan and Latin is serra. This name is used for various mountain ranges in Spanish-speaking and other countries (with the word serra used in Portuguese-speaking countries).

Sierra or Sierras may refer to:

Argentina

Sierra de Córdoba, in the central region of the country

Antofagasta de la Sierra, a volcanic field

Sierra Nevada de Lagunas Bravas, on the border of Argentina and Chile

Sierra de la Ventana (mountains), Buenos Aires province

Brazil

Serra do Mar, in the country's southeast

Chile

Sierra Nevada (stratovolcano), La Araucanía Region

Sierra Nevada de Lagunas Bravas, on the border of Argentina and Chile

Colombia

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Sierra Nevada del Cocuy

Ecuador

Sierra Negra (Galápagos), Galápagos Province, Ecuador

Mexico

Sierra de Juárez, Baja California

Sierra Madre del Sur, in the country's south

Sierra Madre Occidental, in the northwest of the country

Sierra Madre Oriental, in the northeast of the country

Sierra Nevada (Mexico), part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Baja California

Sierra Negra, Puebla, Mexico

The Philippines

Sierra Madre (Philippines), on the island of Luzon

Portugal

Serra da Estrela, in the north central region of the country

Serra de Montejunto Protected Landscape, in the west region of the country

Serra da Vila, in the west region of the country; see Castle of Carrazeda de Ansiães Serra do Socorro, in the west region of the country; see Mafra, Portugal

Spain

Sierra de Gata, in the west region of the country

Sierra de Gredos, near the central region of the country

Sierra de Guadarrama, in the central part of the country

Sierra de Mijas, in the south region of the country

Sierra Morena, in the country's south

Sierra Nevada (Spain), in the southeast region of the country

Sierra de la Demanda, northern Iberian Peninsula

United States

Sierra Ancha, central Arizona

Sierra Blanca (New Mexico) Sierra Estrella, southwestern Arizona Sierra Madre Mountains (California), southwestern California Sierra Nevada (U.S.), California and Nevada

Uruguay

Sierra Carapé, in the central part of the country

Venezuela

Sierra Nevada de Merida

See also

High Sierra (disambiguation) Mountain range Serra (disambiguation) Sierra (disambiguation)

Oronyms