Soum de Ramond, also known as Pico de Añisclo in Spanish and Aragonese, 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 ...

of 3,263 metres in the

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 ...

massif in the

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, ...

ese

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. ...

in northern Spain. It is one of the three mountains comprising ''Las Tres Sorores'', the others being

(3,355 m) and

Cilindro de Marboré Cilindro de Marboré (3,328 m) (also known as Pico Cilindro and Pic du Cylindre) is a mountain in the Monte Perdido massif in the Pyrenees. It is one of the three mountains comprising ''Las Tres Sorores'' (the three sisters), the others being Mo ...

(3,328 m).Map of the Pico de Añisclo area
pirineos3000.com, retrieved 2013-08-20 The mountain lies between the Ordesa Valley, the Añisclo Canyon and the Pineta Valley, inside the

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (Parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido) is an IUCN Category II National Park situated in the Pyrenees. There has been a National Park in the Ordesa Valley since 1918. Its protected area was enlarged in 1 ...

. The Aragonese name "Pico Anyisclo" originates from the eponymous valley in the Aragonese Pyrenees. Later on, the mountain was named "Soum de Ramond" after Louis Ramond de Carbonnières, the French politician, geologist and botanist.

External links

*
"Soum de Ramond / Pico de Añisclo ( 3.254 m )"
at mendikat.net, retrieved 2013-08-20 (in Spanish)

at altoaragon.org, retrieved 2013-08-20 (in English)

References

Mountains of Aragon Mountains of the Pyrenees Pyrenean three-thousanders {{Aragon-geo-stub

See also

External links

References