Somport
Somport is a mountain pass in the central Pyrenees on the border of France and Spain. It lies on the French Way of the Way of St. James. The pass is the end of the Via Tolosana and the starting point of the Aragonese Way. The elevation is 1,632 m.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: CHV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,632 metres
- Description: mountain pass between France and Spain
- Also known as: “Canfranc”, “El Somport”, “Port d’ Urdos”, and “Puerto de Sumport”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hospital de Somport and Astún.
Hospital de Somport
Protected area
Photo: CHV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hospital de Somport is a protected area.
Astún
Photo: Luistxo eta Marije, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Astún is a ski resort situated near the town of Canfranc in the High Aragon of the western Pyrenees. The source of the Aragon River is in the resort. Ibón de Truchas attracts anglers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Candanchú.
Candanchú
Hamlet
Photo: Willtron, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Candanchú is a ski resort situated near the town of Canfranc in the High Aragon of the western Pyrenees, in the province of Huesca, Spain. The name of the area is an adaptation of the French "Camp d'Anjou", as it was originally the site of a military camp of the French Angevin dynasty.
Somport
- Categories: mountain pass, border crossing, and landform
- Location: Aisa, Huesca, Aragon, Northern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.7957° or 42° 47′ 45″ northLongitude
-0.5248° or 0° 31′ 29″ westElevation
1,632 metres (5,354 feet)Open location code
8CJXQFWG+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 251163999OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Turkish—“Somport” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Somport”
- Asturian: “Somport”
- Basque: “Somport”
- Bulgarian: “Сомпорт”
- Catalan: “Somport”
- Cebuano: “Somport”
- Chinese: “松波尔山口”
- Chinese: “松波尔特”
- Chinese: “松波爾特”
- Chinese: “鬆波爾特”
- Czech: “Somport”
- Danish: “Col de Somport”
- Danish: “Somportpasset”
- Dutch: “Col du Somport”
- Dutch: “Somport-pas”
- Dutch: “Somport”
- Esperanto: “Somport”
- French: “col du Somport”
- French: “Col du Somport”
- German: “Somport”
- Italian: “passo del Somport”
- Italian: “Passo del Somport”
- Japanese: “ソンポール・スキー場”
- Japanese: “ソンポルト峠”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Col du Somport”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Còth deu Sompòrt”
- Persian: “سامپورت”
- Slovenian: “Somport”
- Spanish: “Puerto de Somport”
- Spanish: “Somport”
- Swedish: “Somport”
- Turkish: “Somport Geçidi”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Somport”. Photo: CHV, CC BY-SA 3.0.