Balaïtous
Sign in to saveThe 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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Hautes-Pyrénées
- 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 sectionsContents
- 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.
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