Pica d'Estats (or ''The States Peak'') (

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: ''Pica d'Estats'', French: ''Pic d'Estats'') is a mountain in the Montcalm Massif,

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. on the

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– French border, and is the highest mountain in

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. This mountain is included in the Parc Natural de l'Alt Pirineu. Pica d'Estats 31-08-2005

Summits

The summit is located between the Catalan municipality of Alins in

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and the French district of Ariège. It comprises three peaks, all lying close to each other: * Central peak (3,143 m). * 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.

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