Aneto height
3,404m
above sea level · 11,168 ft
Aneto is the highest peak in the Pyrenees. It stands in the Maladeta massif, in the municipality of Benasque (Huesca).
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.63° N · 0.66° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 37′ 52″ N · 0° 39′ 24″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 307,854 E · 4,722,518 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Benasque
- Municipality the summit lies in
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 3,403 m (11,165 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 3,404 m.
Compared with Spain’s other peaks
At 3,404 m (11,168 ft), Aneto ranks 3rd among the 228 Spanish summits in the IGN’s table, 311 m lower than Mount Teide.
It’s the highest point of Huesca province.
Other summits in Aragon with their own page: Posets (3,369 m), Monte Perdido (3,349 m), Mesa de los Tres Reyes (2,446 m), Moncayo (2,314 m), Peña Ezkaurre (2,045 m), and Alto de las Barracas (1,836 m).
The nearest provincial capital is Huesca, 103 km away in a straight line. The summit stands 2,917 m above the city.
- 3 Aneto 3,404 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Aneto.
How high is Aneto?
Aneto rises to 3,404 meters (11,168 feet) above sea level. That’s the official figure from Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN), measured at the summit.
What are the coordinates of Aneto?
Latitude 42.63115 and longitude 0.65665 in decimal degrees (42° 37′ 52″ N · 0° 39′ 24″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 307,854 E and 4,722,518 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
Is Aneto the highest mountain in Spain?
No. It ranks 3rd of the 228 summits in the IGN’s table. Spain’s highest is Mount Teide, on Tenerife, at 3,715 m (12,188 ft), but Aneto is the highest in Aragon.
Which municipality is the summit in?
Benasque, in Huesca province (Aragon), according to the IGN’s municipal boundaries.
How high is Aneto in feet?
11,168 feet. The official height is 3,404 meters, and one meter is 3.28084 feet, so 3,404 × 3.28084 ≈ 11,168 ft.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height of a point above mean sea level. Mapping agencies such as Spain’s IGN measure it on the ground with leveling and survey-grade GPS. Maps read it from an elevation model, a grid with the ground height at every point, so the model can differ by a few meters from the official figure, especially on sharp summits.
Sources
- IGN · Main summits (Información Geográfica Destacada) Official elevation of the summit. CC BY 4.0 license.
- MDT05 Digital Terrain Model (IGN) Ground height at this exact point, to check the figure. 5 m grid, CC BY 4.0 license.
- IGN summit table The summit’s rank, range, the provinces it lies in and its other names. CC BY 4.0 license.
- Terrain Tiles (AWS Open Data) Hillshading on the map, from public data by USGS, NASA, Copernicus and others.
- OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The summit’s position (3 m from the IGN’s point) and the base map, with OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).
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