Sa Talaiassa
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Sa Talaiassa also known as Sa Talaia or Sa Talaia de Sant Josep, is the highest mountain in the island of Ibiza
, Balearic Islands
, Spain
. It is located in the southwest of the island. Talaia, the name of the mountain, means "watchtower
" in Catalan
, Talaiassa referring to an especially large one.
Sant Josep de sa Talaia
, the island's largest municipality is named after this mountain.
In 1972 an Iberia
Caravelle
airliner crashed against Sa Talaiassa killing all 104 people on board.
Ibiza
Ibiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...
, Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. It is located in the southwest of the island. Talaia, the name of the mountain, means "watchtower
Watchtower
A watchtower is a type of fortification used in many parts of the world. It differs from a regular tower in that its primary use is military, and from a turret in that it is usually a freestanding structure. Its main purpose is to provide a high, safe place from which a sentinel or guard may...
" in Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
, Talaiassa referring to an especially large one.
Sant Josep de sa Talaia
Sant Josep de sa Talaia
Sant Josep de sa Talaia is a small town and municipality of the Balearic Islands in western Ibiza. The town is 10.7 miles west of the capital Eivissa and is Located on the PM803 highway between Eivissa town and Sant Antoni de Portmany. The town is 6.5 miles from the islands airport...
, the island's largest municipality is named after this mountain.
In 1972 an Iberia
Iberia
The name Iberia refers to three historical regions of the old world:* Iberian Peninsula, in Southwest Europe, location of modern-day Portugal and Spain** Prehistoric Iberia...
Caravelle
Caravelle
Caravelle may be a reference to:* Caravelle, the French marketing name for the typeface Folio* Sud Aviation Caravelle, the short/medium-range jet airliner, produced by Sud Aviation...
airliner crashed against Sa Talaiassa killing all 104 people on board.