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Cilindro de Marboré (3,328 m) (also known as Pico Cilindro and Pic du Cylindre) is a
mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
in the Monte Perdido massif in the
Pyrenees The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. They extend nearly from their union with the Cantabrian Mountains to Cap de Creus on the Mediterranean coast, reaching a maximum elevation of at the peak of Aneto. ...
. It is one of the three mountains comprising ''Las Tres Sorores'' (the three sisters), the others being
Monte Perdido Monte Perdido (in Spanish; Mont Perdu in French; Mont Perdito in Aragonese; all three meaning ''lost mountain'') is the third highest mountain in the Pyrenees. The summit of Monte Perdido (3355 m), located in Spain, lies hidden from France ...
(3,355 m) and Soum de Ramond (3,263 m). It is the northernmost point of Spain crossed by the
IERS Reference Meridian The IERS Reference Meridian (IRM), also called the International Reference Meridian, is the prime meridian (0° longitude) maintained by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS). It passes about 5.3 arcseconds ...
.


See also

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List of Pyrenean three-thousanders This list contains all of the Pyrenean three-thousanders, namely the 129 mountain summits of or more above sea level in the Pyrenees, a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain. The Pyrenees ex ...


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Cilindro de Marboré on SummitPost
Mountains of Aragon Mountains of the Pyrenees Pyrenean three-thousanders {{Aragon-geo-stub