Grand Quayrat

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
Grand Quayrat
Le Grand Quayrat, depuis le refuge d'Espingo
Highest point
Elevation3,060 m (10,040 ft)
Prominence155 m (509 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
ListingList of Pyrenean three-thousanders
Coordinates42°42′48″N 0°30′54″E[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

Toponymy

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

History

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

  1. Coordinates from Géoportail and Wikimapia


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