Le couloir Swan est un couloir rectiligne qui constitue le fond du dièdre formé par les deux Astazous (Grand Astazou et Petit Astazou sur leurs faces nord), dans le massif de Gavarnie (Hautes-Pyrénées). Il aboutit au col Swan, sur l'arête qui sépare les deux sommets.
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Marboré Peak is a summit in the Pyrenees located on the Franco-Spanish border crest in the Monte Perdido Range.
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The Casque du Marboré, or Casque de Gavarnie or simply le Casque, is a Pyrenean summit, culminating at 3,006 m, located on the crest of three-thousanders in the Monte Perdido Range above Cirque de Gavarnie on the Franco-Spanish border.
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Tour du Marboré or Tour de Gavarnie is a Pyrenean summit, culminating at 3,009 m, located on the Franco-Spanish border crest in the Monte Perdido Range.
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The Gavarnie Falls is a tiered waterfall in France. With its overall drop of 422 metres, it is the highest waterfall in mainland France. The falls are situated in the Cirque de Gavarnie, near the village Gavarnie in the Hautes-Pyrénées.
The waterfall is the beginning of the Gave de Pau stream. It is fed by a melting snow and a small glacier, located in Spain. This water seeps underground until it appears at the upper rim of waterfall. The average annual flow in the waterfall is 3 m3/s. In summer, when the snowmelt is most intense, it can reach up to 200 m3/s. In winter it sometimes freezes and stops flowing.
The waterfall has 2 - 3 steps; the height of the tallest drop is 281 m.
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Cilindro de Marboré is a mountain in the Monte Perdido massif in the Pyrenees.
It is one of the three mountains comprising Las Tres Sorores, the others being Monte Perdido and Soum de Ramond.
It is the northernmost point of Spain crossed by the IERS Reference Meridian.