Pic de Marboré

Pic de Marboré
Marboré Peak
Pic du Marboré à droite au premier plan, puis pic du Cylindre au centre, et Monte Perdido au fond à gauche.
Elevation	3,248 m (10,656 ft)[1]
Location
Pic de Marboré France — Spain
Range	Monte Perdido Range (Pyrenees)
Coordinates	42°41′34″N 0°00′42″E / 42.69278°N 0.01167°E / 42.69278; 0.01167Coordinates: 42°41′34″N 0°00′42″E / 42.69278°N 0.01167°E / 42.69278; 0.01167[1]
Climbing
First ascent	24 September 1865 by Henry Russell and Hippolyte Passet
Easiest route	From Refuge de Goriz

Marboré Peak (Pic de Marboré,^[2] El Marboré^[3]) is a summit in the Pyrenees located on the Franco-Spanish border crest in the Monte Perdido Range.^[4]

Topography

Marboré Peak is one of the peaks above Cirque de Gavarnie. It marks the border between the Pyrenees National Park (France) and the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (Spain).

• French side : it is situated in the commune of Gavarnie in the Canton de Luz-Saint-Sauveur, Hautes-Pyrénées department, Midi-Pyrénées region.
• Spanish side : it is situated in the comarca of Sobrarbe, province of Huesca, autonomous community of Aragon.

Marboré Peak from Belvédère, north of Cirque de Gavarnie.

History

Philippe de Nemours in 1846 was perhaps the first to have climbed Marboré Peak, though we lack precision to attribute it to him.

See also

• List of Pyrenean three-thousanders

References