Pic Palas
| Pic Palas | |
|---|---|
 Summit of Pic Palas | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,974 m (9,757 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 356 m (1,168 ft)  |
| Parent peak | Massif du Balaïtous |
| Coordinates | 42°50′58″N 0°18′48″E / 42.84944°N 0.31333°E |
| Geography | |
  Pic Palas | |
| Parent range | Pyrenees |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1825 by Peytier and Hossard |
Pic Palas or Pic de Palas is a mountain in the Pyrenees on the Spanish–French border. It is the highest point of the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department with an altitude of 2,974 m (9,757 ft).[1]
Geography
[change | change source]Pic Palas is 2,974 m (9,757 ft) high.[1] It is on the Massif du Balaïtous, a mountain range within the Pyrenees.
The summit of this mountain is the point where the Spanish province of Huesca and the French departments of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) and Hautes-Pyrénées (Occitanie) meet.[1]
Geologie
[change | change source]The summit of Pic Palas, as well as the Massif du Balaïtous, is made of granite.
History
[change | change source]The first ascent of this peak was made by the surveyors Pierre Peytier and Paul-Michel Hossard in 1825 when they were trying to get to the Pic du Balaïtous.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Pic Palas, France/Spain". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ↑ "Historique et chronologie des "premières" pyrénéennes". Henry Russell-Killoug - Comte des Pyrénées (in French). Retrieved 31 March 2014.