Pica d'Estats

Pica d'Estats
Pic d'Estats
Highest point
Elevation	3,143 m (10,312 ft)
Prominence	1,277 m (4,190 ft)
Coordinates	42°40′02″N 01°23′50″E / 42.66722°N 1.39722°E / 42.66722; 1.39722Coordinates: 42°40′02″N 01°23′50″E / 42.66722°N 1.39722°E / 42.66722; 1.39722
Geography
Pica d'Estats Pyrenees
Location	Pallars Sobirà, Spain Ariège, France
Parent range	Pyrenees
Climbing
First ascent	1864 by Henry Russell and Jean-Jacques Denjean

Pica d'Estats (or The States Peak) (Catalan: Pica d'Estats, French: Pic d'Estats) is a 3,143-metre-high (10,312 ft) mountain in the Montcalm Massif, Pyrenees.^[1] on the Spanish–French border, and is the highest mountain in Catalonia.

This mountain is included in the Parc Natural de l'Alt Pirineu.

Pica d'Estats, SW face in August 2005

Summits[]

The summit is located between the Catalan municipality of Alins in Pallars Sobirà and the French district of Ariège. It comprises three peaks, all lying close to each other:

• Central peak (3,143 m)^[2]
• Western peak, or Pic de Verdaguer, (3,131 m)
• Eastern peak, or Punta Gabarró, (3,115 m)

This eastern peak is the geodesic vertex. The ridge runs north-northwest to southeast along the Spanish–French border.

See also[]

• List of Pyrenean three-thousanders
• Pyrenees
• List of mountains in Catalonia

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