Pica d'Estats
Mountain in the country of Spain
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Pica d'Estats
Pyrenees
Ariège, Occitania, France
Pica d'Estats (or The States Peak) (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.
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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
- Extreme points of Catalonia