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The Pyrenees extend for about 491 km (305 mi) from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea (Cap de Creus). The highest mountain in the Pyrenees is Aneto in Spain at 3,404 metres (11,168 ft). The summits meeting the 3,000-metre criterion were defined by a UIAA -sponsored joint Franco-Spanish team led by Juan Buyse. [ 1 ]
Aneto [2] is the highest mountain in the Pyrenees and in Aragon, Spain's third-highest mountain, [3] reaching a height of 3,404 metres (11,168 feet). It is in the Spanish province of Huesca , the northernmost of three Aragonese provinces, 6 kilometres (4 miles) south of the France–Spain border .
The ecoregion extends from the lower slopes of the Pyrenees to its highest peaks, which include Aneto (3,404 m), Posets (3,375 m), and Vignemale (3,298 m). The Pyrenees forests are at the transition between the Mediterranean climate regions of Spain and France, which lie to the south and east, and the more humid and temperate forests of Western ...
The Pic du Midi d'Ossau (French pronunciation: [pik dy midi dɔso]; Occitan: Pic de Mieidia d'Aussau; 2,884 m) is a mountain rising above the Ossau Valley in the French Pyrenees. Despite possessing neither a glacier nor, in the context of the range, a particularly high summit, its distinctive shape makes it a symbol of the French side of the ...
Monte Perdido Glacier, located on the north-facing slope of Monte Perdido, is the third-largest glacier in the Pyrenees. It is surrounded by vertical cliffs up to 800m in height. [ 1 ] Similar to most European glaciers, the Monte Perdido Glacier has been shrinking since the Little Ice Age , and since 1981, the glacier has lost 48 hectares of ...
In Greek mythology, Pyrene is a princess who gave her name to the Pyrenees. The Greek historian Herodotus says Pyrene is the name of a town in Celtic Europe. [5] According to Silius Italicus, [6] she was the virgin daughter of Bebryx, a king in Mediterranean Gaul by whom the hero Hercules was given hospitality during his quest to steal the cattle of Geryon [7] during his famous Labours.
The Vignemale (French pronunciation:; Spanish: Viñamala, Occitan: Vinhamala, Aragonese: Comachibosa, Catalan: Vinyamala), at 3,298 metres, is the highest of the French Pyrenean summits (the highest in the whole of the range is Pic d'Aneto).
The IDSR initiated the program "Ciel Etoilé" (Starry sky), [13] program of reconversion of the 40 000 luminous points of its territory, the program "Gardiens des Etoiles" (Guardians of the stars), [14] program of metrological monitoring of the light pollution evolution, but also the program "Adap'Ter", project that will identify "trames ...