Pica d'Estats

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Pica d'Estats
Elevation 3,143 m (10,312 ft)
Prominence 1,277 m (4,190 ft)
Location
Pica d'Estats
Pyrenees
Location Pallars Sobirà, Spain -
Ariège, France
Range Pyrenees
Coordinates 42°40′02″N 01°23′50″E / 42.66722°N 1.39722°E / 42.66722; 1.39722Coordinates: 42°40′02″N 01°23′50″E / 42.66722°N 1.39722°E / 42.66722; 1.39722
Climbing
First ascent 1864 by Henry Russell and Jean-Jacques Denjean

Pica d'Estats (Catalan and Spanish: Pica d'Estats, French: Pic d'Estats) is a 3,143-m-high mountain in the Montcalm Massif, Pyrenees.[1] on the Spanish–French border, and is the highest mountain in Catalonia.

This mountain is included in the Parc Natural de l'Alt Pirineu.

Pica d'Estats, SW face in August 2005

Summits

The summit is located between the Catalan municipality of Alins in Pallars Sobirà and the French district of Ariège. It comprises three peaks, all lying close to each other:

  • Central peak (3,143 m)[2]
  • Western peak, or Pic de Verdaguer, (3,131 m)
  • Eastern peak, or Punta Gabarró, (3,115 m)

This eastern peak is the geodesic vertex. The ridge runs north-northwest to southeast along the Spanish–French border.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mapa Topogràfic de Catalunya". Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya. Retrieved May 25, 2012. .
  2. ↑ "Track and description". .
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