Petit Vignemale | |
Elevation M: | 3032 |
Range: | Massif du Vignemale (Pyrenees) |
Listing: | List of Pyrenean three-thousanders |
Location: | Hautes-Pyrénées, France |
Region: | Midi-Pyrénées |
Region Type: | Region |
Map: | Pyrenees |
Coordinates: | 42.7747°N 0.1347°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
First Ascent: | August 1798 by La Baumelle |
Age: | Praguien - Emsien[2] |
The Petit Vignemale is a summit in the French Pyrenees in the massif du Vignemale. Access is possible either by the Gaube valley (beyond Cauterêts), or la vallée d'Ossoue.
Vignemale is a tautological compound of two pre-Indo-European vin and mal both meaning « mountain ».[3]
Le Petit Vignemale is located in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, near Cauterets and Gavarnie arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost in the Pyrenees National Park.
The summit is composed of sediment masses from the early Devonian period.[4]
The first ascent was made in August 1798 by La Baumelle.