France
Occitanie
Hautes-Pyrénées

Gavarnie Falls

The Gavarnie Falls is a tiered waterfall in France. With its overall drop of 422 metres, it is the highest waterfall in mainland . The falls are situated in the , near the in the .
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall in France
  • Also known as: “La Grande Cascade de Gavarnie”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pic de Marboré and Pico Occidental de la Cascada.

Peak
Photo: Tigerente, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Marboré Peak is a summit in the located on the Franco-Spanish border crest in the Monte Perdido Range.

Peak
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is a peak.

Peak
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is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cirque de Gavarnie and Gavarnie.

Locality
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The is a vast cirque in the central , in southwestern , close to the border of . It is within the , the , and the .

Village
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is a small village in the department in the Occitanie region in south-western France. It is best known for the Cirque de , a massive glacial cirque in the Pyrenees Mountains, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. is situated 4½ km north of Gavarnie Falls.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Gavarnie Falls.

Gavarnie Falls

Latitude
42.69332° or 42° 41′ 36″ north
Longitude
-0.00445° or 0° 0′ 16″ west
Elevation
1,787 metres (5,863 feet)
Height
423 metres (1,388 feet)
Open location code
8CJXMXVW+86
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5932970280
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
3016484
Wiki­data ID
Q1496402
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Gavarnie Falls” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Gavarnieko ur-jauzia”
  • Chinese: “加瓦尔尼瀑布”
  • Dutch: “Gavarnie Falls”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جايڤارنى فالس”
  • French: “cascade de Gavarnie”
  • French: “Cascade de Gavarnie”
  • French: “grande cascade de Gavarnie”
  • Georgian: “გავარნის ჩანჩქერი”
  • German: “Gavarnie-Fälle”
  • Indonesian: “Air terjun Gavarnie”
  • Italian: “Cascata di Gavarnie”
  • Italian: “cascate di Gavarnie”
  • Italian: “Cascate di Gavarnie”
  • Japanese: “ガヴァルニー滝”
  • Lithuanian: “Gavarni krioklys”
  • Persian: “آبشار گاوارنی”
  • Polish: “Grande Cascade de Gavarnie”
  • Polish: “Wodospad Gavarnie”
  • Portuguese: “Cascata de Gavarnie”
  • Portuguese: “Gavarnie (cascata)”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Cascata de Gavarnie”
  • Romanian: “Cascada Gavarnie”
  • Russian: “водопад Гаварни”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cascade de Gavarnie”
  • Spanish: “Cascada de gavarnie”
  • Spanish: “Cascada de Gavarnie”
  • Ukrainian: “Водоспад Гаварні”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Crête Des Druides and Breche Passet.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Glacier de la Cascade and Glacier de l’Épaule.

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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 “Gavarnie Falls”. Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0.