Col de la Pierre St Martin
Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin is a mountain pass on the France–Spain border in the western Pyrenees in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Navarra.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,765 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Also known as: “Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include La Verna cave and Pic d’Arlas.
La Verna cave
Photo: Camuspeleo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
La Verna is a show cave in the commune of Sainte-Engrâce in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in France. 660 metres of mined tunnel leads into the Salle de la Verna, the largest chamber in a show cave in the world.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sainte-Engrâce and Col de Soudet.
Sainte-Engrâce
Village
Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sainte-Engrâce is a village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, located in the remote, mountainous Basque province of Soule. The village is world-renowned among geologists and cavers and serves as a gateway to some of the most spectacular natural wonders in the Pyrenees, including a massive underground cave system and a deep, verdant canyon.
Col de la Pierre St Martin
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Arette, Arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude
42.969° or 42° 58′ 8″ northLongitude
-0.7683° or 0° 46′ 6″ westElevation
1,765 metres (5,791 feet)Open location code
8CJXX69J+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 2459589080OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleWikidata ID
Q1107451
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Russian—“Col de la Pierre St Martin” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Belaguako mendatea”
- Basque: “Ernaz lepoa”
- Dutch: “Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin”
- French: “col de la Pierre Saint-Martin”
- French: “Col de la pierre saint-martin”
- French: “Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin”
- French: “Col De La Pierre Saint-Martin”
- German: “Col de la Pierre Saint Martin”
- German: “Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin”
- Italian: “colle della Pierre Saint-Martin”
- Japanese: “ピエール・サン＝マルタン”
- Luxembourgish: “Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Còth dera Pèira Sent Martin”
- Russian: “Ля Пьер Сен-Мартен”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Leizeko Zingla and La Contienda.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gouffre Fertel and Gouffre de la Pierre-Saint-Martin (Puits Lépineux).
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