Monte Perdido

Monte Perdido
Monte Perdido (left) and Cilindro de Marboré (right)
Highest point
Elevation	3,355 m (11,007 ft)
Prominence	969 m (3,179 ft)
Coordinates	42°40′N 0°02′E / 42.667°N 0.033°E / 42.667; 0.033Coordinates: 42°40′N 0°02′E / 42.667°N 0.033°E / 42.667; 0.033
Naming
English translation	Lost mountain
Language of name	Spanish
Geography
Monte Perdido Pyrenees
Location	Ordesa Valley, Huesca Province, Aragon, Spain
Parent range	Pyrenees
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
Type	Mixed
Criteria	iii, iv, v, vii, viii
Designated	1997 (21st session)
Reference no.	773
State Party	Spain
Region	Europe and North America
Extensions	1999

Monte Perdido (in Spanish; Mont Perdu in French; Mont Perdito in Aragonese; Mont Perdut in Catalan, all four meaning lost mountain) is the third highest mountain in the Pyrenees. The summit of Monte Perdido (3355 m), located in Spain, lies hidden from France by the seemingly impenetrable peaks of the Cirques of Gavarnie and Estaubé. It stands in the north of Huesca province. The mountain forms part of the Monte Perdido Range and is located in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, in the western part of the Pyrenees, in the community of Aragon, Spain.

Monte Perdido seen from Ordesa valley.

Access to the mountain is easier from Spain than from France. The route starts near the village of Torla, Aragon, at the Ordesa Valley and ascends the towards the Refuge of Góriz before the stiff climb to the summit. It is a dangerous climb with snow.

National park[]

Monte Perdido is the centrepiece of the Spanish Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park which was established in 1918 with just 21 square kilometres of land. In the 70's work begins to take advantage of the flooding of Añisclo Canyon and convert it into energy, but institutions and citizens demonstrated against this work, managing to stop it. So, the park was expanded in 1982 significantly to 156 square kilometres and incorporates the whole of the .^[1] There are more than 1,500 species of flowers, 171 species of birds, 32 different mammals and 8 types of reptile in the Ordesa. Most magnificent of all is the lammergeier (bearded vulture) with a 3-metre wingspan. The Pyrenees is one of the few places in Europe where these birds can be seen.

See also[]

• List of mountains in Aragon
• List of Pyrenean three-thousanders

References[]

External links[]

• (in Spanish) Normal route and Escaleras route to climb Monte Perdido komandokroketa.org, retrieved 2013-08-20
• (in English) "Glaciar de Monte Perdido - Gavarnie and Monte Perdido Massif" swisseduc.ch, retrieved 2013-08-20

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