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Monte Perdido
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mountain in Huesca, next to the border with France
Key facts
- Elevation
- 3,355 m (11,007 ft)
- Prominence
- 969 m (3,179 ft)
- English translation
- Lost mountain
- Language of name
- Spanish
- Location
- Ordesa Valley , Huesca Province , Aragon , Spain
- Parent range
- Pyrenees
- Official name
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
- Type
- Mixed
- Criteria
- iii, iv, v, vii, viii
- Designated
- 1997 (21st session )
- Region
- Europe and North America
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Monte Perdido (in Spanish; Mont Perdu in French; Mont Perdito in Aragonese; all three 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.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monte Perdido” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.