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Pic de Marboré

Coordinates: 42°41′34″N 0°00′42″E / 42.69278°N 0.01167°E / 42.69278; 0.01167
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Pic de Marboré
Marboré Peak
Westside of Pic de Marboré. Below Glacier de la Cascade and Grande Cascade de Gavarnie
Highest point
Elevation3,248 m (10,656 ft)[1]
Coordinates42°41′34″N 0°00′42″E / 42.69278°N 0.01167°E / 42.69278; 0.01167[1]
Geography
Pic de Marboré is located in Pyrenees
Pic de Marboré
Pic de Marboré
Région
Communauté
Midi-Pyrénées
Aragon
Département
Province
Hautes-Pyrénées
Huesca
Parent rangeMonte Perdido Range (Pyrenees)
Climbing
First ascent24 September 1865 by Henry Russell and Hippolyte Passet
Easiest routeFrom Refuge de Goriz

Marboré Peak (Pic de Marboré,[2] El Marboré[3]) is a summit in the Pyrenees located on the Franco-Spanish border crest in the Monte Perdido Range.[4]

Topography

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Marboré Peak is one of the peaks above Cirque de Gavarnie. It marks the border between the Pyrenees National Park (France) and the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (Spain).

Marboré Peak from Belvédère, north of Cirque de Gavarnie.

History

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Philippe de Nemours in 1846 was perhaps the first to have climbed Marboré Peak, though we lack precision to attribute it to him.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Source : Géoportail
  2. ^ Pic de Marboré (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. ^ El Marboré (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  4. ^ "Marboré". Summitpost. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014.