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Grand Quayrat

Coordinates: 42°42′48″N 0°30′54″E / 42.71333°N 0.51500°E / 42.71333; 0.51500
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Grand Quayrat
Le Grand Quayrat, depuis le refuge d'Espingo
Highest point
Elevation3,060 m (10,040 ft)
ListingList of Pyrenean three-thousanders
Coordinates42°42′48″N 0°30′54″E / 42.71333°N 0.51500°E / 42.71333; 0.51500[1]
Geography
Grand Quayrat is located in Pyrenees
Grand Quayrat
Grand Quayrat
Location in the Pyrenees
LocationHaute-Garonne, France
Parent rangePyrenees
Climbing
First ascent1789 by Henri Reboul

The pic du Grand Quayrat is a French pyrenean summit, culminating at 3,060 m (10,040 ft) in the vallée d'Oô (commune d' near Bagnères-de-Luchon in the Haute-Garonne department, Midi-Pyrénées region).

Grand Quayrat summit

Toponymy

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Its name in Occitan cairat, meaning "square", comes from the distinctive shape of the summit, roughly forming a right angle, from the north.

History

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The Grand Quayrat became the second climbed three thousander in 1789, ascended by physician Henri Reboul, leading an expedition from the barnes of Astau.

References

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  1. ^ Coordinates from Géoportail and Wikimapia