Pic de Montferrat
Pic de Montferrat | |
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Elevation | 3,219 m (10,561 ft)[1] |
Location | |
Pic de Montferrat | |
Range |
Massif du Vignemale Pyrenees |
Coordinates | 42°46′01″N 0°08′18″E / 42.76694°N 0.13833°ECoordinates: 42°46′01″N 0°08′18″E / 42.76694°N 0.13833°E[1] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1792 par des bergers ? |
The Pic de Montferrat, culminating at 3,129 m (10,266 ft), is a crest summit on the Franco-Spanish border, in the massif du Vignemale in the Pyrenees.
Topography
It is located in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, between Cauterets eand Gavarnie, arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost in the Pyrenees National Park. It is bordered to the north by the glacier d'Ossoue and by le petit glacier du Montferrat to the south-east.
History
The first ascension was carried out by shepherds, on August 1, 1792, who built a turret on the summit, ordered by Louis-Philippe Reinhart Junker who led a team of geodesists in charge of defining the Franco-Spanish border path.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Géoportail