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Pica d'Estats

Coordinates: 42°40′02″N 01°23′50″E / 42.66722°N 1.39722°E / 42.66722; 1.39722
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Pica d'Estats
Pic d'Estats
Highest point
Elevation3,143 m (10,312 ft)
Prominence1,277 m (4,190 ft)
Coordinates42°40′02″N 01°23′50″E / 42.66722°N 1.39722°E / 42.66722; 1.39722
Geography
Pica d'Estats is located in Pyrenees
Pica d'Estats
Pica d'Estats
Pyrenees
LocationPallars Sobirà, Catalonia, Spain
Ariège, Occitania, France
Parent rangePyrenees
Climbing
First ascent1864 by Henry Russell and Jean-Jacques Denjean

Pica d'Estats (or The States Peak) (Catalan: Pica d'Estats, French: Pique d'Estats) is a 3,143-metre-high (10,312 ft) mountain in the Montcalm Massif, Pyrenees.[1] on the SpanishFrench border, and is the highest mountain in Catalonia.

This mountain is included in the Parc Natural de l'Alt Pirineu.

Pica d'Estats, SW face in August 2005

Summits

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The summit is located between the Catalan municipality of Alins in Pallars Sobirà and the French district of Ariège. It comprises three peaks, all lying close to each other:

This eastern peak is the geodesic vertex. The ridge runs north-northwest to southeast along the Spanish–French border.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mapa Topogràfic de Catalunya". Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya. Retrieved May 25, 2012..
  2. ^ "Track and description"..