Clot de la Hount

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Clot de la Hount

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Highest point
Elevation 3,289 m (10,791 ft) [1]
Prominence 40 metres (130 ft)
Listing List of Pyrenean three-thousanders
Coordinates 42°46′23″N0°08′59″E / 42.77306°N 0.14972°E / 42.77306; 0.14972 Coordinates: 42°46′23″N0°08′59″E / 42.77306°N 0.14972°E / 42.77306; 0.14972 [1]
Geography
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Clot de la Hount
Location in the Pyrenees
Location France Spain
Région
Communauté
Midi-Pyrénées
Aragon
Département
Province
Hautes-Pyrénées
Huesca
Parent range Vignemale Massif (Pyrenees)
Climbing
Easiest route From Glacier d'Ossoue

The Clot de la Hount or pic du clot de la Hount is a summit of the Pyrenees, located on the Franco-Spanish border in the Vignemale Massif, of which it is the second highest summit in the range, at 3,289 m, after Pique Longue (3,298 m).

Pyrenees Range of mountains in southwest Europe

The Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between Spain and France. Reaching a height of 3,404 metres (11,168 ft) altitude at the peak of Aneto, the range separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe, and extends for about 491 km (305 mi) from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea.

Vignemale Submit of Vignemale massif, Pyrenees

The Vignemale, at 3,298 metres, is the highest of the French Pyrenean summits, on the border with Spain, also part of the peak belongs to Aragon.

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Toponymy

The Clot de la Hount is a term coined by shepherds for the area near the bottom of the peak.
Hount refers to a spring source which flows intermittently (Hount meaning eye, or a passage that is sometimes open, sometimes shut).
Clot means either a ledge or a pen.

Topography

The French side is located in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, between Cauterets and Gavarnie, in the arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost which lies in the Pyrenees National Park. The southern Spanish side is in the Natural Reserve of Ordesa-Viñamala, in Torla territory, Huesca province.

Hautes-Pyrénées Department of France

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Cauterets Commune in Occitanie, France

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References

  1. 1 2 Source : Géoportail