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Monte Perdido

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Official name
  
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu

Criteria
  
iii, iv, v, vii, viii

Elevation
  
3,355 m

Province
  
Province of Huesca

First ascent date
  
1802

Type
  
Mixed

Designated
  
1997 (21st session)

Prominence
  
970 m

Mountain range
  
Pyrenees

Parent range
  
Pyrenees

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Translation
  
Lost mountain (Spanish)

Location
  
Ordesa Valley, Huesca Province, Aragon, Spain

Similar
  
Aneto, Vignemale, Pic de Marboré, Pico Posets, Cilindro de Marboré

Monte Perdido (in Spanish; Mont Perdu in French; Mont Perdito in Aragonese; Mont Perdut in Catalan, all four meaning lost mountain) is the third highest mountain in the Pyrenees. The summit of Monte Perdido (3355 m), located in Spain, lies hidden from France by the seemingly impenetrable peaks of the Cirques of Gavarnie and Estaubé. It stands in the north of Huesca province. The mountain forms part of the Monte Perdido Range and is located in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, in the western part of the Pyrenees, in the community of Aragon, Spain.

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Map of Monte Perdido, 22375, Huesca, Spain

Access to the mountain is easier from Spain than from France. The route starts near the village of Torla, Aragon, at the Ordesa Valley and ascends the Cirque de Soaso towards the Refuge of Góriz before the stiff climb to the summit. It is a dangerous climb with snow.

National Park

Monte Perdido is the centre-piece of the Spanish Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park which was established in 1918 with just 21 square kilometres of land. The park has grown significantly to 156 square kilometres and incorporates the whole of the Añisclo Canyon. There are more than 1,500 species of flowers, 171 species of birds, 32 different mammals and 8 types of reptile in the Ordesa. Most magnificent of all is the lammergeier (bearded vulture) with a 3 metre wingspan. The Pyrenees is one of the few places in Europe where these birds can be seen.

References

Monte Perdido Wikipedia