Pica d'Estats
{{Short description|Mountain in Spain}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Pica d'Estats
| other_name = Pic d'Estats
| photo = Pica Estats.jpg
| photo_caption =
| elevation_m = 3143
| elevation_ref =
| prominence_m = 1275
| prominence_ref = https://worldribus.org/iberian-peninsula/
| location = Pallars Sobirà, Catalonia, Spain
Ariège, Occitania, France
| range = Pyrenees
| listing = Ribu
| map = Pyrenees
| map_caption = Pyrenees
| coordinates = {{coord|42|40|02|N|01|23|50|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =
| topo =
| first_ascent = 1864 by Henry Russell and Jean-Jacques Denjean
| easiest_route =
}}
Pica d'Estats (or The States Peak) (Catalan: Pica d'Estats, French: Pique d'Estats) is a {{convert|3143|m|ft|0|adj=mid|-high}} mountain in the Montcalm Massif, Pyrenees.{{cite web|url=http://www.icc.cat/vissir3/?mp_x=n%3A368804&mp_y=n%3A4725279&mp_zoom=n%3A6 |title=Mapa Topogràfic de Catalunya|publisher= Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya|accessdate=May 25, 2012}}. on the Spanish–French border, and is the highest mountain in Catalonia.
This mountain is included in the Parc Natural de l'Alt Pirineu.
Summits
The summit is located between the Catalan municipality of Alins in Pallars Sobirà and the French district of Ariège. It comprises three peaks, all lying close to each other:
- Central peak (3,143 m){{cite web|url=http://www.explora.cat/en/pica.html |title=Track and description}}.
- Western peak, or Pic de Verdaguer, (3,131 m)
- Eastern peak, or Punta Gabarró, (3,115 m)
This eastern peak is the geodesic vertex. The ridge runs north-northwest to southeast along the Spanish–French border.
See also
References
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Category:Pyrenean three-thousanders