Pic de Marboré facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Pic de Marboré |
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| Marboré Peak | |
Westside of Pic de Marboré. Below Glacier de la Cascade and Grande Cascade de Gavarnie
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,248 m (10,656 ft) |
| Geography | |
 Pic de Marboré
Location in Pyrenees
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| Région Communauté |
Midi-Pyrénées Aragon |
| Département Province |
Hautes-Pyrénées Huesca |
| Parent range | Monte Perdido Range (Pyrenees) |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 24 September 1865 by Henry Russell and Hippolyte Passet |
| Easiest route | From Refuge de Goriz |
Marboré Peak (Pic de Marboré, El Marboré) is a summit in the Pyrenees located on the Franco-Spanish border crest in the Monte Perdido Range.
Topography
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).
- French side : it is situated in the commune of Gavarnie in the Canton de Luz-Saint-Sauveur, Hautes-Pyrénées department, Midi-Pyrénées region.
- Spanish side : it is situated in the comarca of Sobrarbe, province of Huesca, autonomous community of Aragon.
Marboré Peak from Belvédère, north of Cirque de Gavarnie.
History
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
In Spanish: Pico Marboré para niños
- List of Pyrenean three-thousanders
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