Pic dels Aspres
Appearance
Pic dels Aspres | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,562 m (8,406 ft) |
Parent peak | Pic del Port Vell |
Coordinates | 42°34′45″N 1°27′05″E / 42.57917°N 1.45139°E |
Geography | |
Location of Pic dels Aspres within La Massana parish, Andorra | |
Location | La Massana parish, Andorra |
Parent range | Pyrenees |
Pic dels Aspres is a mountain in the northwest of the principality of Andorra, close to the border with Spain. The nearest town is Arinsal, La Massana.
Geographic features
[edit]Some 250 metres below the summit is a round cirque, approximately 100 metres in diameter, which was formed by glacial erosion during the Last Glacial Maximum and which is now a lake, Estany de les Truites (the trout lake).
The valley to the south of the mountain is used as a ski area.
History
[edit]During the neolithic, sedentary populations inhabited the dels Aspres hills, and built megalithic dolmens in the area.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ (in French) Banyuls-dels-Aspres, Les-pyrenees-orientales.com (accessed on 3 October 2019)