La statue du comte Henry Russell est une statue représentant Henry Russell située sur la commune de Gavarnie-Gèdre, dans le département français des Hautes-Pyrénées.
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Gavarnie is a former commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Gavarnie-Gèdre. Gavarnie is known for the Cirque de Gavarnie, and the Gavarnie Falls in it, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Pyrénées – Mont Perdu.
The Prime Meridian passes through Gavarnie, including at its southernmost point in France – the commune touches Aragon, Spain.
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Le refuge des Sarradets, or refuge de la Brèche de Roland is a mountain refuge in the Pyrenees. It is located in Gavarnie, near la brèche de Roland, in the Pyrenees National Park, at 2,587 m high.
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Gèdre is a former commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Gavarnie-Gèdre.
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Gavarnie-Gèdre is a commune in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées, southwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Gavarnie and Gèdre.
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The Vignemale, at 3,298 metres, is the highest of the French Pyrenean summits. It lies on the border between the Department of Hautes-Pyrénées, in Occitanie and Gascony, France and Sobrarbe, in Huesca, Aragon, Spain, and the peak is split between the two countries.
The Vignemale is the name given to the mountain massif in French, which also straddles into Spain. It consists of several distinct summits, the predominant ones being Grand Vignemale or Pique-Longue / Pica Longa / Punda de Comabichosa, Pointe Chausenque / Punta Chausenca and Petit Vignemale / Petita Vinhamala. The Vignemale is also the site of the second largest of the Pyrenean glaciers, the Ossoue / Osso, across which the "voie normale", or standard route to the summit travels.
One of its most dramatic aspects is the North Face upon which lie a number of serious ascent routes requiring skill and commitment. Below the North Face is the impressively situated mountain refuge - the Refuge des Oulettes de Gaube / Refugi d’eths Oletas de Gauba. The approach from the north entails a delightful walk up to and around the picturesque Lac de Gaube / Gauba giving increasingly dramatic views of the mountain.
Almost synonymous with the Vignemale is the name of Count Henry Russell, an eccentric of the Victorian era who developed a lifelong passion for the mountain.
It will appear that the first ascension of the Vignemal was made by some shepherds who particpated to the geodesic expedition of Louis-Philippe Reinhart Junker in 1792. The first official ascension was made by the mountain guide Henri Cazaux and is brother-in-law the 8 october 1837. One year later, it was the first documented ascent of this peak was by English landowner and traveller Anne Lister and three local guides, including the mountain guide Cazaux.
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