Canigó
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The Canigó ( , ; ; ) is a mountain located in the Pyrenees of southern France.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Canigó
- Mountain.photo
- Vinça, la retenue d'eau et le Canigou.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Canigó, 2009
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2784.70
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 550
- Mountain.range
- Pyrenees
- Mountain.listing
- Mountains of France
- Mountain.location
- Pyrénées-Orientales, France
- Mountain.map
- Pyrenees
- Mountain.first_ascent
- According to tradition, in 1285 by Peter III of Aragon
- Mountain.easiest_route
- hike
- Mountain.fetchwikidata
- ALL
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Vernet-les-Bains
- Elevation
- 2784
- Image
- Vinça, la retenue d'eau et le Canigou.jpg
- Significant event
- first ascent
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- Commons category
- Canigou
- topographic prominence
- 550
- located in/on physical feature
- Pyrenees
- mountain range
- Massís del Canigó
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Trekking and sightseeing
- Canigó Flame
- Literature
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Canigó ( , ; ; ) is a mountain located in the Pyrenees of southern France.
The Canigó is located less than from the sea and has an elevation of . Due to its sharp flanks and its dramatic location near the coast, until the 18th century the Canigó was believed to be the highest mountain in the Pyrenees.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Canigó” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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3 mapped locations