Pica d'Estats

Pica d'Estats
Pic d'Estats
Highest point
Elevation	3,143 m (10,312 ft)
Prominence	1,277 m (4,190 ft)
Coordinates	42°40′02″N 01°23′50″E / 42.66722°N 1.39722°E / 42.66722; 1.39722Coordinates: 42°40′02″N 01°23′50″E / 42.66722°N 1.39722°E / 42.66722; 1.39722
Geography
Pica d'Estats Pyrenees
Location	Pallars Sobirà, Spain Ariège, France
Parent range	Pyrenees
Climbing
First ascent	1864 by Henry Russell and Jean-Jacques Denjean

Pica d'Estats (Catalan: Pica d'Estats, French: Pic d'Estats) is a 3,143-metre-high (10,312 ft) mountain in the Montcalm Massif, Pyrenees.^[1] on the Spanish–French 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

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:

• Central peak (3,143 m)^[2]
• Western peak, or Pic de Verdaguer, (3,131 m)
• Eastern peak, or Punta Gabarró, (3,115 m)

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

See also

• List of Pyrenean three-thousanders
• Pyrenees
• List of mountains in Catalonia

References