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Balaïtous

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The Balaitús (Spanish) or Pic du Balaïtous (French) (; ) is a granitic massif of the Pyrenees, located right on the border between Spain and France.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Balaitus
Mountain.photo
Balaitous est.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
Balaitus' summit
Mountain.elevation_m
3144
Mountain.prominence_m
849
Mountain.listing
List of mountains in Aragon
Mountain.location
Hautes-Pyrénées, FranceAlto Gállego, Aragon, Spain
Mountain.range
Pyrenees
Mountain.map
Pyrenees
Mountain.map_caption
Pyrenees
Mountain.label_position
left
Mountain.first_ascent
August 8, 1825
Mountain.easiest_route
Las Neous glacier

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
mountain
Country
France
Elevation
3144
Material used
granite
Image
Balaitous est.jpg
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topographic prominence
849
located in protected area
Pyrénées National Park
Commons category
Massif du Balaïtous
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Climbing history
  • Routes
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

The Balaitús (Spanish) or Pic du Balaïtous (French) (; ) is a granitic massif of the Pyrenees, located right on the border between Spain and France.

==Geography== Balaitús marks the starting point of the High Pyrenees. Its height is AMSL, and it is the nearest mountain to the Atlantic coast to surpass . Its name may come from the Occitan words "vath" (valley) and "leitosa" (milky). Another Spanish name for the mountain is Pico de los Moros (''Moors' peak'').

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balaïtous” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

On the map

2 mapped locations