Pic du Taillon
Pic du Taillon or Pico Taillón is a summit in the Pyrenees, culminating at 3,144 m on the Franco-Spanish border in the Monte Perdido Range. Pic du Taillon is considered one of the easiest 3,000ers above the Cirque de Gavarnie.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,144 metres
- Description: mountain in France
- Also known as: “le Taillon”, “Pico Taillón”, and “Punda Negra / Tallón / Taillon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Roland’s Breach and Pointe Bazillac.
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.
Port de Boucharo
Mountain saddle
Photo: Babylas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port de Boucharo is a mountain saddle.
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.
Pic du Taillon
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Gavarnie-Gèdre, Arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
42.69364° or 42° 41′ 37″ northLongitude
-0.05129° or 0° 3′ 5″ westElevation
3,144 metres (10,315 feet)Open location code
8CJXMWVX+FFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2192182868OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Spanish—“Pic du Taillon” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Pico Taillón”
- Aragonese: “Punda Negra”
- Basque: “Taillon mendia”
- Basque: “Taillon”
- Catalan: “Pic Taillon”
- Catalan: “Punta Negra”
- Catalan: “Taillon”
- Catalan: “Taillón”
- Chinese: “泰隆峰”
- Czech: “Pico Taillón”
- Dutch: “Pic du Taillon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پيك دو تايلون”
- French: “pic du Taillon”
- French: “Pic du Taillon”
- German: “Pic du Taillon”
- Japanese: “タイリョン峰”
- Ladin: “Pic du Taillon”
- Polish: “Pic du Taillon”
- Spanish: “Pico Taillon”
- Spanish: “Pico Taillón”
- Spanish: “Pico Tallón”
- Spanish: “Punta Negra”
- Spanish: “Taillon”
- Spanish: “Taillón”
- Spanish: “Tallón”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as El Dedo and El Basiero.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pico Royo and Glacier des Gabiétous.
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