Casque du Marboré
The Casque du Marboré, or Casque de Gavarnie or simply le Casque, is a Pyrenean summit, culminating at 3,006 m, located on the crest of three-thousanders in the Monte Perdido Range above Cirque de Gavarnie on the Franco-Spanish border.Photo: Simonjoan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,930 metres
- Description: mountain in France
- Also known as: “Casque du Marbore” and “Le Casque”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Roland’s Breach and Grotte Casteret.
Roland’s Breach
Mountain saddle
Photo: Jensbn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roland's Breach is the name of a natural gap, 40 m across and 100 m high, at an elevation of 2,804 m in the Pyrenees on the border of Aragón, northern Spain, and Hautes-Pyrénées, southwestern France.
Grotte Casteret
Cave
Photo: Daniel Garcia-Castellanos, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Grotte Casteret, also known by its Spanish names Gruta de Casteret or Gruta Helada de Casteret, is a limestone ice cave, located high in the Spanish Pyrenees, within the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park.
Tour du Marboré
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tour du Marboré or Tour de Gavarnie is a Pyrenean summit, culminating at 3,009 m, located on the Franco-Spanish border crest in the Monte Perdido Range.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cirque de Gavarnie and Circo de Cotatuero.
Cirque de Gavarnie
Locality
Photo: Miguel303xm, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Cirque de Gavarnie is a vast cirque in the central Pyrenees, in southwestern France, close to the border of Spain. It is within the commune of Gavarnie, the department of Hautes-Pyrénées, and the Pyrénées National Park.
Gavarnie
Village
Photo: Frederik Vandaele, CC BY 2.5.
Gavarnie is a small village in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in south-western France. It is best known for the Cirque de Gavarnie, a massive glacial cirque in the Pyrenees Mountains, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Casque du Marboré
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Fanlo Municipality, Huesca, Aragon, Northern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.68777° or 42° 41′ 16″ northLongitude
-0.02676° or 0° 1′ 36″ westElevation
2,930 metres (9,613 feet)Open location code
8CJXMXQF+47OpenStreetMap ID
node 1092110096OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Spanish—“Casque du Marboré” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Punda de ro Corral Ciego”
- Aragonese: “Punta Corral Ciego”
- Aragonese: “Punta Corral Ziego”
- Basque: “Marboré Kaskoa”
- Catalan: “Casco de Gavarnie”
- Catalan: “Casco de Marboré”
- Catalan: “El Casco”
- Catalan: “Punta Corral Ziego”
- Chinese: “卡斯克峰”
- Czech: “Pico Casco de Marboré”
- Dutch: “Casque du Marbore”
- Dutch: “Casque du Marboré”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كاسكو دو ماربور”
- French: “Casque du Marbore”
- French: “Casque du marboré”
- French: “Casque du Marboré”
- French: “Casque Du Marboré”
- French: “Le Casque du Marboré”
- Japanese: “カスコ・デ・マルボレ峰”
- Ladin: “Casque du Marboré”
- Polish: “Casque du Marboré”
- Spanish: “El Casco”
- Spanish: “Pico Casco de Marbore”
- Spanish: “Pico Casco de Marboré”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as El Dedo and Plano de San Fertus.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grotte des Isards and Col des Isards.
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