Soum de Ramond

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Soum de Ramond / Pico de Añisclo

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Las Tres Sorores from the head of the Ordesa Valley. Cilindro de Marboré, Monte Perdido and Soum de Ramond (left to right)
Highest point
Elevation 3,263 m (10,705 ft)
Prominence 88 metres (289 ft)
Listing List of mountains in Aragon
Coordinates 42°40′14″N0°02′30″E / 42.67056°N 0.04167°E / 42.67056; 0.04167 Coordinates: 42°40′14″N0°02′30″E / 42.67056°N 0.04167°E / 42.67056; 0.04167
Geography
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Soum de Ramond / Pico de Añisclo
Location in the Pyrenees
Location Huesca, Spain
Parent range Pyrenees
Geology
Mountain type Limestone
Climbing
Easiest route F, from the Añisclo col

Soum de Ramond, also known as Pico de Añisclo [1] in Spanish and Aragonese, is a mountain of 3,263 metres in the Monte Perdido massif in the Aragonese Pyrenees in northern Spain. It is one of the three mountains comprising Las Tres Sorores, the others being Monte Perdido (3,355 m) and Cilindro de Marboré (3,328 m). [2]

Aragonese language Romance language

Aragonese is a Romance language spoken in several dialects by 10,000 to 30,000 people in the Pyrenees valleys of Aragon, Spain, primarily in the comarcas of Somontano de Barbastro, Jacetania, Alto Gállego, Sobrarbe, and Ribagorza/Ribagorça. It is the only modern language which survived from medieval Navarro-Aragonese in a form distinctly different from Spanish.

Mountain A large landform that rises fairly steeply above the surrounding land over a limited area

A mountain is a large landform that rises above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. These forces can locally raise the surface of the earth. Mountains erode slowly through the action of rivers, weather conditions, and glaciers. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in huge mountain ranges.

Monte Perdido mountain in Huesca

Monte Perdido 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.

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The mountain lies between the Ordesa Valley, the Añisclo Canyon and the Pineta Valley, inside the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park. The Aragonese name "Pico Anyisclo" originates from the eponymous valley in the Aragonese Pyrenees. Later on, the mountain was named "Soum de Ramond" after Louis Ramond de Carbonnières, the French politician, geologist and botanist.

Ordesa Valley

The Ordesa Valley is a glacial valley in Aragon, in the Spanish Pyrenees which forms part of the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park. It was first discovered in 1820, but not mapped in detail until approximately the 1920s. The valley is about 11 kilometres (7 mi) long.

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park national park

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park is an IUCN Category II National Park situated in the Pyrenees of Huesca province, Aragon, Spain. There has been a National Park in the Ordesa Valley since 1918. Its protected area was enlarged in 1982 to cover the whole region amounting to 156.08 km².

Louis Ramond de Carbonnières French mountaineer, geologist, botanist

Louis François Élisabeth Ramond, baron de Carbonnières, was a French politician, geologist and botanist. He is regarded as one of the first explorers of the high mountains of the Pyrenees who can be described as a pyreneist.

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References

  1. "El Pico de Añisclo, Pirineos de Huesca, Aragon Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido" at picoseuropa.net, retrieved 2013-08-20 (in Spanish)
  2. Map of the Pico de Añisclo area pirineos3000.com, retrieved 2013-08-20