The Petit Vignemale is a summit in the French Pyrenees in the massif du Vignemale. Access is possible either by the Gaube valley (beyond Cauterêts), or la vallée d'Ossoue.
Petit Vignemale | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,032 m (9,948 ft) |
Prominence | 70 m (230 ft) |
Listing | List of Pyrenean three-thousanders |
Coordinates | 42°46′29″N 0°08′05″E / 42.77472°N 0.13472°E[1] |
Geography | |
Petit Vignemale Location in the Pyrenees | |
Location | Hautes-Pyrénées, France |
Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
Parent range | Massif du Vignemale (Pyrenees) |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Praguien - Emsien[2] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | August 1798 by La Baumelle |
Vignemale is a tautological compound of two pre-Indo-European vin and mal both meaning « mountain ».[3]
Le Petit Vignemale is located in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, near Cauterets and Gavarnie arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost in the Pyrenees National Park.
The summit is composed of sediment masses from the early Devonian period.[4]
The first ascent was made in August 1798 by La Baumelle.
Two routes :