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Soum de Ramond

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Soum de Ramond / Pico de Añisclo
Las Tres Sorores from the head of the Ordesa Valley. Cilindro de Marboré, Monte Perdido and Soum de Ramond (left to right)
Highest point
Elevation3,263 m (10,705 ft)
ListingList of mountains in Aragon
Coordinates42°40′14″N 0°02′30″E / 42.67056°N 0.04167°E / 42.67056; 0.04167
Geography
Soum de Ramond / Pico de Añisclo is located in PyreneesSoum de Ramond / Pico de AñiscloSoum de Ramond / Pico de AñiscloLocation in the Pyrenees
LocationHuesca, Spain
Parent rangePyrenees
Geology
Mountain typeLimestone
Climbing
Easiest routeF, from the Añisclo col

Soum de Ramond, also known as Pico de Añisclo in Spanish and Aragonese, is a mountain of 3,263 metres in the Monte Perdido massif in the Aragonese Pyrenees in northern Spain. It is one of the three mountains comprising Las Tres Sorores, the others being Monte Perdido (3,355 m) and Cilindro de Marboré (3,328 m).

The mountain lies between the Ordesa Valley, the Añisclo Canyon and the Pineta Valley, inside the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park. The Aragonese name "Pico Anyisclo" originates from the eponymous valley in the Aragonese Pyrenees. Later on, the mountain was named "Soum de Ramond" after Louis Ramond de Carbonnières, the French politician, geologist and botanist.

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References

  1. "El Pico de Añisclo, Pirineos de Huesca, Aragon Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido" at picoseuropa.net, retrieved 2013-08-20 (in Spanish)
  2. Map of the Pico de Añisclo area pirineos3000.com, retrieved 2013-08-20


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