Monte Perdido height
3,349m
above sea level · 10,988 ft
Monte Perdido is the 3rd highest summit in Aragon in the IGN’s table of Spanish summits. It’s in the Macizo de las Tres Sorores, part of the Pyrenees.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.68° N · 0.03° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 40′ 32″ N · 0° 2′ 4″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 256,998 E · 4,729,051 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Bielsa
- Municipality the summit lies in
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 3,345.6 m (10,976 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 3,349 m.
Compared with Spain’s other peaks
At 3,349 m (10,988 ft), Monte Perdido ranks 7th among the 228 Spanish summits in the IGN’s table, 366 m lower than Mount Teide.
Other summits in Aragon with their own page: Aneto (3,404 m), Posets (3,369 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, 70 km away in a straight line. The summit stands 2,862 m above the city.
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Huesca province is Aneto, at 3,404 m (11,168 ft). It lies 51 km away in a straight line, 55 m above Monte Perdido.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Monte Perdido.
How high is Monte Perdido?
Monte Perdido rises to 3,349 meters (10,988 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 Monte Perdido?
Latitude 42.67555 and longitude 0.03436 in decimal degrees (42° 40′ 32″ N · 0° 2′ 4″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 256,998 E and 4,729,051 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
Is Monte Perdido the highest mountain in Spain?
No. It ranks 7th of the 228 summits in the IGN’s table. Spain’s highest is Mount Teide, on Tenerife, at 3,715 m (12,188 ft).
Which municipality is the summit in?
Bielsa, in Huesca province (Aragon), according to the IGN’s municipal boundaries. The point is just 5 m (16 ft) from the boundary, so the summit is shared with the neighboring municipality.
How high is Monte Perdido in feet?
10,988 feet. The official height is 3,349 meters, and one meter is 3.28084 feet, so 3,349 × 3.28084 ≈ 10,988 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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