Pic du Midi de Bigorre
The Pic du Midi de Bigorre or simply the Pic du Midi is a mountain in the French Pyrenees. It is the site of the Pic du Midi Observatory.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nathan Hamblen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,877 metres
- Description: mountain in France
- Also known as: “Pic du Midi de Bagnères”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Col du Tourmalet and Lac d’Oncet.
Col du Tourmalet
Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Col du Tourmalet is one of the highest paved mountain passes in the French Pyrenees, in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées. Sainte-Marie-de-Campan is at the foot on the eastern side and the ski station La Mongie two-thirds of the way up.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Artigues and Lesponne.
Lesponne
Hamlet
Photo: Sotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lesponne is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km north of Pic du Midi de Bigorre.
Barèges
Village
Photo: Ottaviani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barèges is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, administrative region of Occitania, southwestern France. It is situated in the valley of the Bastan on the former Route nationale 618 on the western side of the Col du Tourmalet. Barèges is situated 8 km southwest of Pic du Midi de Bigorre.
Pic du Midi de Bigorre
- Categories: mountain, Zwölfer, and landform
- Location: Sers, Arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.93678° or 42° 56′ 12″ northLongitude
0.14161° or 0° 8′ 30″ eastElevation
2,877 metres (9,439 feet)Open location code
8FJ2W4PR+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 26864245OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Pic du Midi de Bigorre” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل بيك دو ميدي دو بيجور”
- Aragonese: “Midi de Bigorra”
- Basque: “Pic du Midi de Bigorre”
- Catalan: “pic del Migdia de Bigorra”
- Catalan: “Pic del Migdia de Bigorra”
- Cebuano: “Pic du Midi de Bigorre”
- Chinese: “南比戈尔峰”
- Chinese: “南比戈爾峰”
- Dutch: “Pic du Midi de Bigorre”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پيك دو ميدى د بيجور”
- Esperanto: “Pic du Midi de Bigorre”
- French: “pic du Midi de Bigorre”
- French: “Pic du Midi de Bigorre”
- German: “Pic du Midi de Bigorre”
- German: “Pic Du Midi”
- Hebrew: “פיק די מידי דה ביגור”
- Italian: “Pic du Midi de Bigorre”
- Japanese: “ピク・デュ・ミディ”
- Korean: “피크 뒤 미디 드 비고르”
- Ladin: “Pic du Midi de Bigorre”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pic du Midi de Bigorre”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pic du Midi”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Pic de Mieidia de Bigòrra”
- Polish: “Pic du Midi de Bigorre”
- Portuguese: “Pic du Midi de Bigorre”
- Romanian: “Pic du Midi de Bigorre”
- Russian: “Миди-де-Бигор”
- Russian: “Пик-дю-Миди-де-Бигорр”
- Russian: “Пик-дю-Миди”
- Spanish: “Observatoire du Pic du Midi de Bigorre”
- Spanish: “Observatorio de Pic du Midi de Bigorre”
- Spanish: “Pic du Midi de Bigorre”
- Venetian: “Pico du Midi de Bigorre”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Boucle du Jardin des Isards and La Taouette.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Observatoire du Pic du Midi and Pic du Midi de Bigorre.
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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 “Pic du Midi de Bigorre”. Photo: Nathan Hamblen, CC BY-SA 3.0.