Pica d'Estats explained

Pica d'Estats
Other Name:	Pic d'Estats
Elevation M:	3143
Prominence M:	1277
Location:	Pallars Sobirà, Catalonia, Spain Ariège, Occitania, France
Range:	Pyrenees
Map:	Pyrenees
Coordinates:	42.6672°N 1.3972°W
First Ascent:	1864 by Henry Russell and Jean-Jacques Denjean

Pica d'Estats (or The States Peak) (Catalan: Pica d'Estats, French: Pique d'Estats) is a 3143m (10,312feet) 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.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mapa Topogràfic de Catalunya. Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya. May 25, 2012. .
2. Web site: Track and description. .