Épaule du Marboré

Épaule du Marboré is a pyrenean summit, culminating at 3,073 m (10,082 ft) in the Monte Perdido Range, marking the Franco-Spanish border. It lies on the Greenwich meridien.

Épaule du Marboré
De gauche (est) à droite (ouest) : pic du Marboré, pic de la cascade oriental, pic de la cascade central ou pic Brulle, pic de la cascade occidental, épaule du Marboré, tour du Marboré, casque du Marboré, et refuge des Sarradets. Au centre, cascade de Gavarnie. Voir encadrements des photographies n°1 et n°2 sur Commons.
Highest point
Elevation3,073 m (10,082 ft)
Prominence15 m (49 ft) 
ListingList of Pyrenean three-thousanders
Coordinates42°41′07″N 0°00′00″E[1]
Geography
Épaule du Marboré
Location in the Pyrenees
LocationFrance Spain
Région
Communauté
Midi-Pyrénées
Aragon
Département
Province
Hautes-Pyrénées
Huesca
Parent rangeMassif du Mont-Perdu (Pyrenees)
Climbing
First ascentAugust 12, 1891 by Henri Brulle, C. Passet and François Bernat-Salles

Geography

L'Épaule

Topography

The Tour du Marboré forms part of the range above Cirque de Gavarnie. It marks the border between the Pyrenees National Park of France and the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park of Spain.

On the French side, it is located in the commune of Gavarnie in the canton of Luz-Saint-Sauveur, Hautes-Pyrénées department, Midi-Pyrénées region.

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References

  1. Source : Géoportail
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