Port del Cantó

Port del Cantó
Port del Cantó
	A view from the summit of the Port del Cantó
Elevation	1,730 metres (5,680 ft)
Range	Pyrenees
Coordinates	42°22′17.20″N 1°14′20.23″E / 42.3714444°N 1.2389528°ECoordinates: 42°22′17.20″N 1°14′20.23″E / 42.3714444°N 1.2389528°E
	Port del Cantó The Port del Cantó within Catalonia, Spain

The Port del Cantó, or Coll del Cantó or Coll de la Pedra del Cantó, is a mountain pass at an altitude of 1,730 metres (5,680 ft)^[1] located at the border of the municipalities of Soriguera, in the comarca of Pallars Sobirà, and Montferrer i Castellbò in the comarca of Alt Urgell in Catalonia, Spain.

The pass is located at kilometre 260 of the N-260 road.

It is on the ridge which connects the [ca], to the north, with the to the south.

Distance to the top of the port is 28.8 km. Slope for emergency is 1073m, 4.3%. Western slope starts from sort and is 1038m,5.3%. ^[2]

The route, from the western side, was used on Stage 9 of the 2016 Tour de France.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Port del Canto". Catena Cycling. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
^ "Port del Cantó (Sort)". www.rocobike.com. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
^ "TDF16 ET09 parcours" (PDF). Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.

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Port del Cantó
A view from the summit of the Port del Cantó
Elevation	1,730 metres (5,680 ft)^[1]
Range	Pyrenees
Coordinates	42°22′17.20″N 1°14′20.23″E / 42.3714444°N 1.2389528°E / 42.3714444; 1.2389528Coordinates: 42°22′17.20″N 1°14′20.23″E / 42.3714444°N 1.2389528°E / 42.3714444; 1.2389528
Port del Cantó The Port del Cantó within Catalonia, Spain