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Petit Vignemale

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Petit Vignemale
Petit Vignemale (3032 m) au centre, col de la Hourquette d'Ossoue à droite (2 734 m), vue partielle du glacier d'Ossoue (Photo prise du col de Labas)
Highest point
Elevation3,032 m (9,948 ft)
ListingList of Pyrenean three-thousanders
Geography
Petit Vignemale is located in Pyrenees
Petit Vignemale
Petit Vignemale
Location in the Pyrenees
LocationHautes-Pyrénées, France
Parent rangeMassif du Vignemale (Pyrenees)
Geology
Rock agePraguien - Emsien[2]

The Petit Vignemale is a summit in the French Pyrenees in the massif du Vignemale. Access is possible either by the Gaube valley (beyond Cauterêts), or la vallée d'Ossoue.

Toponymy

Vignemale is a tautological compound of two pre-Indo-European vin and mal both meaning « mountain ».[3]

Geography

Le Petit Vignemale is located in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, near Cauterets and Gavarnie arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost in the Pyrenees National Park.

Geology

The summit is composed of sediment masses from the early Devonian period.[4]

Climbing

The first ascent was made in August 1798 by La Baumelle.

Access

Two routes :

  • normal route (hiking) ;
  • north harbor (climbing).

References

  1. ^ Coordinates verified via WikiMapia
  2. ^ Source : cartes géologiques à l'échelle 1:50000 du Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières (site en ligne).
  3. ^ Albert Dauzat et al. Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de rivières et de montagnes en France, Lille, Editions Klincksieck, 1982
  4. ^ Source : cartes géologiques à l'échelle 1:50000 du Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières (site en ligne).