Clot de la Hount

Clot de la Hount
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Elevation	3,289 m (10,791 ft)[1]
Listing	List of Pyrenean three-thousanders
Location
Clot de la Hount Location in the Pyrenees
Location	France — Spain
Range	Massif du Vignemale (Pyrenees)
Coordinates	42°46′23″N 0°08′59″E / 42.77306°N 0.14972°E / 42.77306; 0.14972Coordinates: 42°46′23″N 0°08′59″E / 42.77306°N 0.14972°E / 42.77306; 0.14972[1]
Climbing
Easiest route	From Glacier d'Ossoue

The Clot de la Hount or pic du clot de la Hount is a summit of the Pyrénées, located on the Franco-Spanish border in the massif du Vignemale, of which it is the second highest summit, at 3,289 m, after the Pique Longue (3,298 m).

Toponymy

The Clot de la Hount is a term coined by shepherds for the beginning of the area at the bottom of the summit.
Hount refers to a spring source which flows intermittently (Hount = « eye », a passage sometimes open, sometimes shut, between the inner and outer worlds).
Clot means either a bassin zone, a ledge, or a pen.

Topography

The French side is located in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, between Cauterets and Gavarnie, arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost in the Pyrenees National Park. The southern Spanish side is in the « Reserva de la Biosfera Ordesa-Viñamala », in Torla territory, Huesca province.

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