Pic de Montferrat
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.
Pic de Montferrat | |
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Le pic de Montferrat (à droite) | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,219 m (10,561 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 48 m (157 ft) |
Coordinates | 42°46′01″N 0°08′18″E [1] |
Geography | |
Région Communauté | Midi-Pyrénées Communauté autonome d'Aragon |
Département Province | Hautes-Pyrénées Huesca |
Parent range | Massif du Vignemale Pyrenees |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1792 par des bergers ? |
Topography
It is located in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, between Cauterets and 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
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