Col des Moines
Col des Moines is a mountain saddle in Laruns, Arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine and has an elevation of 2,189 metres. Col des Moines is situated nearby to the locality Vuelta de Enmedio, as well as near the hamlet Puerto Astún.Places of Interest
Highlights include Ibón de Escalar and Lac Bersau.
Ibón de Escalar
Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ibón de Escalar is a lake in the Province of Huesca, northeastern Spain. It lies at an elevation of 2,078 metres in the Valle de Astún.
Lac Bersau
Lake
Photo: Kaprixo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lac Bersau is a lake in the Pyrénées, department Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. At an elevation of 2083 m, its surface area is 0.125 km2, its max depth is 30 m or foot…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Candanchú and Urdos.
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.
Urdos
Village
Photo: France64160, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Urdos is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. Its station on the Pau–Canfranc railway was closed after an accident in 1970.
Canfranc-Estación
Village
Photo: Lozano Manzanedo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Canfranc-Estación is a village, which is situated 8 km south of Col des Moines.
Col des Moines
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,189 metres
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Laruns, Arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude
42.82444° or 42° 49′ 28″ northLongitude
-0.49913° or 0° 29′ 57″ westElevation
2,189 metres (7,182 feet)Open location code
8CJXRGF2+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 479150230OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Spanish—“Col des Moines” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Puerto de Chaca”
- Cebuano: “Col des Moines”
- French: “col des Moines”
- French: “Col des moines”
- French: “Col des Moines”
- French: “Col Des Moines”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Còth deths Monges”
- Spanish: “Puerto de Jaca”
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Localities in the Area
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