Roncevaux Pass
Roncesvalles Pass, Ronceval Pass or Roncevaux Pass is a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees near the border between France and Spain. The pass itself is entirely in Spain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,057 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Also known as: “Ibañetako Mendatea”, “Roncesvalles”, “Roncesvalles Pass”, and “Ronceval Pass”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chapel San Salvador de Ibañeta and Orreagako museoa.
Chapel San Salvador de Ibañeta
Church
Photo: Tangopaso, Public domain.
Chapel San Salvador de Ibañeta is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roncesvalles and Burguete – Auritz.
Roncesvalles
Photo: A1AA1A, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roncesvalles is in Navarra, Spain. It's the first city on the Spanish side of the French Way of the Camino de Santiago.
Burguete – Auritz
Village
Photo: JLVwiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burguete or Auritz is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. Ernest Hemingway lodged in Burguete in 1924 and 1925 for a fishing trip to the Irati river, and describes it in his novel The Sun Also Rises.
Roncevaux Pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Luzaide/Valcarlos, Navarre, Northern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.01972° or 43° 1′ 11″ northLongitude
-1.324° or 1° 19′ 26″ westElevation
1,057 metres (3,468 feet)Open location code
8CMW2M9G+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 783422615OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Roncevaux Pass” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ممر رونسفال”
- Aragonese: “Puerto de Roncesvals”
- Basque: “Ibañeta”
- Basque: “Ibañetako lepoa”
- Cebuano: “Puerto de Ibañeta”
- Chinese: “隆塞斯瓦耶斯隘口”
- Chinese: “龍塞斯瓦列斯山口”
- Chinese: “龙塞斯瓦列斯山口”
- Croatian: “Prijevoj Roncesvalles”
- Danish: “Roncesvallespasset”
- Dutch: “Puerto de Ibaneta”
- Dutch: “Puerto de Ibañeta”
- Dutch: “Roncevallespas”
- French: “Col d’Ibañeta”
- French: “col de Roncevaux”
- French: “Col de Roncevaux”
- German: “Puerto de Ibañeta”
- Italian: “passo di Roncisvalle”
- Italian: “Passo di Roncisvalle”
- Japanese: “イバニェタ峠”
- Japanese: “ロンセスバージェス峠”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Roncevaux”
- Norwegian: “Roncevaux”
- Polish: “Roncevaux”
- Portuguese: “Passo de Roncesvales”
- Portuguese: “Passo de Roncesvalles”
- Romanian: “Pasul Roncevaux”
- Russian: “Ронсевальское ущелье”
- Slovak: “Roncesvallský priesmyk”
- Slovenian: “prelaz Roncesvalles”
- Slovenian: “Roncesvalles”
- Spanish: “Alto de Ibañeta”
- Spanish: “Paso de Roncesvalles”
- Spanish: “Puerto de Ibañeta”
- Spanish: “Puerto de Roncesvalles”
- Swedish: “Puerto de Ibañeta”
- Welsh: “Bwlch Ronsyfal”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Xoritegiko Larre and Asundegi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Antiguo hospital de San Salvador and Battle of Roncevaux Pass (778) (aprox).
Navarre: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Pamplona, Roncesvalles, and Uterga.
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