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Grand Quayrat

Grand Quayrat
Pico Gran Quairat 2.jpg
Le Grand Quayrat, depuis le refuge d'Espingo
Highest point
Elevation 3,060 m (10,040 ft)
Listing List of Pyrenean three-thousanders
Coordinates 42°42′48″N 0°30′54″E / 42.71333°N 0.51500°E / 42.71333; 0.51500Coordinates: 42°42′48″N 0°30′54″E / 42.71333°N 0.51500°E / 42.71333; 0.51500
Geography
Grand Quayrat is located in Pyrenees
Grand Quayrat
Grand Quayrat
Location in the Pyrenees
Location Haute-Garonne, France
Parent range Pyrenees
Climbing
First ascent 1789 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).

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

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



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