Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost
Gavarnie-Gèdre

Tour du Marboré

Tour du Marboré or Tour de Gavarnie is a summit, culminating at 3,009 m, located on the Franco-Spanish border crest in the Monte Perdido Range.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,007 metres
  • Description: mountain in France
  • Also known as: “la Tour” and “Tour du Marbore”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Casque du Marboré and Gavarnie Falls.

Peak
Photo: Simonjoan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , or Casque de Gavarnie or simply le Casque, is a summit, culminating at 3,006 m, located on the crest of three-thousanders in the Monte Perdido Range above on the Franco-Spanish border.

Waterfall
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The 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 .

Mountain saddle
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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 on the border of Aragón, northern Spain, and , southwestern France.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cirque de Gavarnie and Circo de Cotatuero.

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 .

Locality
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is a locality.

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.

Tour du Marboré

Latitude
42.68579° or 42° 41′ 9″ north
Longitude
-0.01708° or 0° 1′ 2″ west
Elevation
3,007 metres (9,865 feet)
Open location code
8CJXMXPM+85
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2192183388
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
12718533
Wiki­data ID
Q3091125
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Spanish—“Tour du Marboré” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Punda de ro Faixón”
  • Aragonese: “Punta Faixón”
  • Basque: “Marboré Dorrea”
  • Catalan: “Torre de Marboré”
  • Czech: “Pico Torre de Marboré”
  • Dutch: “Tour du Marboré”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تور دو ماربور”
  • French: “Tour du Marbore”
  • French: “Tour du Marboré”
  • Japanese: “トレ・デ・マルボレ峰”
  • Ladin: “Tour du Marboré”
  • Polish: “Tour du Marboré”
  • Spanish: “La Torre de Marboré”
  • Spanish: “la Torre”
  • Spanish: “Pico Torre de Marbore”
  • Spanish: “Pico Torre de Marboré”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Plano de San Fertus and San Fertús.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gouffre de la Tour du Marboré and Grotte des Isards.

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