Monte Perdido

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Monte Perdido is the third-highest mountain in the Pyrenees, renowned for its dramatic limestone massif and location within Spain’s Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site component
mountain
three-thousander of the Pyrenees
alsoKnownAs Mont Perdu
Mont Perdu (French)
Mont Perdut (Aragonese and Catalan)
Monte Perdido (Spanish)
country Spain
drainageBasin Ebro basin
Gave de Pau basin
easiestRoute hike and scramble from Refugio de Góriz
elevation 11007 ft
3355 m
firstAscent 2 August 1802
firstAscentBy Guides from Gèdre and Gavarnie
Laurent Lomet
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières
geologicalType karst massif
geology limestone
glacier Monte Perdido Glacier
hasSummitFeature summit cross
heritageCriteria Cultural criteria (iii)(iv)
Natural criteria (ii)(iii)(iv)
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
isHighestPointOf Monte Perdido Massif
locatedIn Aragon
Huesca province
Pyrenees
Spain
mountainRange Pyrenees
neighboringPeak Añisclo Peak
Cilindro de Marboré
Soum de Ramond
partOf Monte Perdido Massif
Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park
Pyrenees–Mont Perdu World Heritage Site
popularFor climbing
hiking
mountaineering
ski mountaineering
prominence approximately 1700 m
protectedArea Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park
rankingInPyreneesByElevation third-highest peak in the Pyrenees
region Aragon
UNESCOExtensionYear 1999
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1997
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Pyrenees–Mont Perdu
valleyBelow Añisclo Canyon
Ordesa Valley

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