Macizo de la Maladeta

Macizo de la Maladeta
Highest point
Peak	Aneto
Elevation	3,404 m (11,168 ft)
Listing	List of mountains in Aragon
Coordinates	42°38′12″N0°38′23″E / 42.63667°N 0.63972°E / 42.63667; 0.63972
Geography
Macizo de la Maladeta Location in Spain
Location	Benasque, Province of Huesca (Aragon)
Parent range	Pyrenées
Geology
Rock type	Granite

Macizo de la Maladeta is the highest mountain range and the first glacial massif in the Pyrenees. It is located in the Spanish province of Huesca (Aragon). To the north is the head of the Benasque Valley, and to the south the Vallibierna Valley descends.

Toponomy

The name Maladeta was known at the start of the 18th century ^[1] and the legend of the curse was already very strong. ^[2]

The latest studies (published in 1989 and 2009) indicate an Aragonese word, uncertainly related to the Latin maledicta ("cursed") but the association of the preindo-European (and precelte) root Mal ("high rocky mountain") at the root dicta (advanced by P. Fouché and A. Dauzat) remains doubtful. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Mountains of Aragon

References

1. Jean Escudier, 2012, page 6
2. Jean Escudier, 2012, page 8
3. Robert Aymard (membre de la Société française onomastique), Toponymes des Trois Mille, chez l'auteur, 1989, page 37
4. Robert Aymard (membre de la Société française onomastique), Toponymes pyrénéens, Lacour, 2009 ISBN   9782750424305, page 328

Sources

• Carte générale des Monts Pyrénées dite Carte de Roussel 1716-1719 indiquant « Montagne de Maladete » ; Jean Escudier, L'Aneto et les hommes, MonHélios, 2012, page 6