Circo de Cotatuero

Circo de Cotatuero is a locality in Torla, Huesca, Aragon. Circo de Cotatuero is situated nearby to the locality Clavijas de Cotatuero, as well as near Barranco de Millaris.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Roland’s Breach and Grotte Casteret.

Roland’s Breach

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 Pyrenees on the border of Aragón, northern Spain, and Hautes-Pyrénées, southwestern France. Roland’s Breach is situated 3 km north of Circo de Cotatuero.

Grotte Casteret

Cave

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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.

Casque du Marboré

Peak

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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. Casque du Marboré is situated 3 km north of Circo de Cotatuero.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cirque de Gavarnie and Gavarnie.

Cirque de Gavarnie

Locality

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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. Cirque de Gavarnie is situated 4½ km northeast of Circo de Cotatuero.

Gavarnie

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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.