Clot de la Hount

Clot de la Hount
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Highest point
Elevation	3,289 m (10,791 ft)[1]
Prominence	40 m (130 ft)
Listing	List of Pyrenean three-thousanders
Coordinates	42°46′23″N 0°08′59″E / 42.77306°N 0.14972°E / 42.77306; 0.14972[1]
Geography
Clot de la Hount Location in the Pyrenees
Location	France — Spain
Région Communauté	Midi-Pyrénées Aragon
Département Province	Hautes-Pyrénées Huesca
Parent range	Vignemale Massif (Pyrenees)
Climbing
Easiest route	From Glacier d'Ossoue

The Clot de la Hount or pic du clot de la Hount is a summit of the Pyrenees, located on the Franco-Spanish border in the Vignemale Massif, of which it is the second highest summit in the range, at 3,289 m, after Pique Longue (3,298 m).

Toponymy

The Clot de la Hount is a term coined by shepherds for the area near the bottom of the peak.
Hount refers to a spring source which flows intermittently (Hount meaning eye, or a passage that is sometimes open, sometimes shut).
Clot means either a ledge or a pen.

Topography

The French side is located in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, between Cauterets and Gavarnie, in the arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost which lies in the Pyrenees National Park. The southern Spanish side is in the Natural Reserve of Ordesa-Viñamala, in Torla territory, Huesca province.

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