Col du Pourtalet
The Col du Pourtalet, El Portalet or Portalet d'Aneu is a mountain pass and border crossing in the Pyrenees, between France and Spain. The pass reaches an elevation of 1,794 m, and links the Ossau and Tena valleys.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,794 metres
- Description: mountain pass on the France–Spain border
- Also known as: “El Portalé d’Aneu”, “Portalet d’Anéou”, “Portalet d’Aneu”, “Portalet mountain pass”, “Pourtalet mountain pass”, “Puerto de Sallent”, “Puerto de Sallent de Gállego”, and “Puerto del Portalet”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anayet and Refuge de Pombie.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Candanchú.
Candanchú
Hamlet
Photo: Willtron, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Candanchú is a ski resort situated near the town of Canfranc in the High Aragon of the western Pyrenees, in the province of Huesca, Spain. The name of the area is an adaptation of the French "Camp d'Anjou", as it was originally the site of a military camp of the French Angevin dynasty. Candanchú is situated 9 km west of Col du Pourtalet.
Col du Pourtalet
- Categories: mountain pass, populated place nucleus, and landform
- Location: Laruns, Arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude
42.80595° or 42° 48′ 21″ northLongitude
-0.41844° or 0° 25′ 6″ westElevation
1,794 metres (5,886 feet)Open location code
8CJXRH4J+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 13155710542OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Spanish—“Col du Pourtalet” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “O Portalet d’a Nieu”
- Aragonese: “O Portalet de ra Nieu”
- Aragonese: “O Portalet dera Nieu”
- Aragonese: “O Portalet”
- Aragonese: “Portalet”
- Basque: “Portalet”
- Catalan: “Col du Pourtalet”
- Catalan: “Coll del Portalet”
- Catalan: “O Portalet dera Nieu”
- Cebuano: “Puerto del Portalet”
- Dutch: “Col du Pourtalet”
- Dutch: “Portalet”
- French: “Col d’Anéou”
- French: “col du Pourtalet”
- French: “Col du Pourtalet”
- French: “Puerto del Portalet”
- German: “Col du Pourtalet”
- German: “Portalet d’Aneu”
- Italian: “Col du Pourtalet”
- Italian: “Colle del Portalet”
- Italian: “Colle del Pourtalet”
- Italian: “passo del Portalet”
- Italian: “Passo del Portalet”
- Italian: “Passo del Pourtalet”
- Italian: “Portalet d’Aneu”
- Italian: “Portalet”
- Italian: “Pourtalet”
- Japanese: “プルタレ峠”
- Japanese: “ポルタレット峠”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Còth deu Portalet”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Lo Portalet”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Pòrt deu Portalet”
- Persian: “کل دو پورتاله”
- Polish: “Col du Pourtalet”
- Polish: “Frontera del Portalet”
- Polish: “O Portalet dera Nieu”
- Polish: “O Portalet”
- Polish: “Portalet”
- Portuguese: “Portalet d’Aneu”
- Portuguese: “Portalet”
- Slovenian: “prelaz Pourtalet”
- Spanish: “El Portalet”
- Spanish: “Portalet”
- Spanish: “Puerto de Portalet”
- Spanish: “Puerto del Portalet”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as La Cueva and el Binzanar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Centro de Vialidad Ivernal - Centre de Déneigement Transfrontalier and Entrée du Parc National des Pyrénées.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Col du Pourtalet”. Photo: France64160, CC BY-SA 3.0.