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Pic de Montferrat

Coordinates: 42°46′01″N 0°08′18″E / 42.76694°N 0.13833°E / 42.76694; 0.13833
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Pic de Montferrat
Le pic de Montferrat (à droite)
Highest point
Elevation3,219 m (10,561 ft)[1]
Coordinates42°46′01″N 0°08′18″E / 42.76694°N 0.13833°E / 42.76694; 0.13833[1]
Geography
Pic de Montferrat is located in Pyrenees
Pic de Montferrat
Pic de Montferrat
Région
Communauté
Midi-Pyrénées
Communauté autonome d'Aragon
Département
Province
Hautes-Pyrénées
Huesca
Parent rangeMassif du Vignemale
Pyrenees
Climbing
First ascent1792 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

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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

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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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