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