Grand Quayrat
The pic du Grand Quayrat is a French pyrenean summit, culminating at 3,060 m (10,040 ft) in the vallée d'Oô (commune d'Oô near Bagnères-de-Luchon in the Haute-Garonne department, Midi-Pyrénées region).
Grand Quayrat summit
| Grand Quayrat | |
|---|---|
 Le Grand Quayrat, depuis le refuge d'Espingo | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,060 m (10,040 ft) |
| Prominence | 155 m (509 ft)  |
| Listing | List of Pyrenean three-thousanders |
| Coordinates | 42°42′48″N 0°30′54″E [1] |
| Geography | |
  Grand Quayrat Location in the Pyrenees | |
| Location | Haute-Garonne, France |
| Parent range | Pyrenees |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1789 by Henri Reboul |
Toponymy
Its name in Occitan cairat, meaning "square", comes from the distinctive shape of the summit, roughly forming a right angle, from the north.
History
The Grand Quayrat became the second climbed three thousander in 1789, ascended by physician Henri Reboul, leading an expedition from the barnes of Astau.
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