Estaragne

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The '''Estaragne''' ('''Pic d'Estaragne''') is a French Pyrenean summit, culminating at {{Convert|3006|m|abbr=on}} m.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Estaragne|publisher=Summitpost|url=http://www.summitpost.org/estaragne/331028|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608202229/http://www.summitpost.org/estaragne/331028|archivedate=8 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="altituderando">{{Cite web|title=Pic d'Estaragne (3006m) et Pic de Campbieil (3173m) dans le massif du Néouvielle|publisher=Altituderando|url=http://www.altituderando.com/Pic-d-Estaragne-3006m-et-Pic-de|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809095825/http://www.altituderando.com/Pic-d-Estaragne-3006m-et-Pic-de|archivedate=9 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Topography == The peak is located in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, in the Néouvielle massif, near Saint-Lary-Soulan in the Pyrénées National Park and near the Néouvielle National Nature Reserve.

==History== The etymology of the name "Estaragne" is unclear, although there is a small valley and stream with the same name just to the northeast of the peak.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Aymard, Robert|year=1995|title=Les Pyrénées au miroir de leur toponymie, volume 1|language=French|publisher=Aymard|location=Uzos, France|page=83|oclc=36130057}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|author=Lavandier, Pierre|year=1974|title=Ecologie d'un torrent Pyrénéen de haute montagne I. - Caractéristiques physiques|language=French|journal=Annales de Limnologie|volume=10|issue=2 |pages=173–219|doi=10.1051/limn/1974012|doi-access=free}}</ref>

==Ecology== The peak itself is bare, but the upper slopes have a sub-alpine climate. Meadows predominate with patches of trees and shrubs.<ref name="Pornon">{{Cite journal|author1=Pornon, André |author2=Escaravage, Nathalie |author3=Lamaze, Thierry |year=2007|title=Complementarity in mineral nitrogen use among dominant plant species in a subalpine community|journal= American Journal of Botany|volume=94|issue=11|pages=1778–1785|doi=10.3732/ajb.94.11.1778 |pmid=21636372}}</ref> Snow cover usually starts in late October and lasts until June.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Lavandier, Pierre|year=1979|title=Cycle biologique, régime alimentaire, production d{{'}}''Arcynopteryx compacta'' (Plecoptera, Perlodidae) dans un torrent de haute altitude|language=French|journal=Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse|volume=115|pages=140–150}}</ref> the most common shrubs are ''Rhododendron ferrugineum'' and ''Vaccinium myrtillus''; and the most common grasses are ''Nardus stricta'' and ''Festuca eskia''.<ref name="Pornon" />

== Access == There are at least two relatively easy summer access routes:<ref name="altituderando" /> * From the east, the shorter route, starts by leaving the sharp turn of the D 929 at the bridge crossing over the Estaragne stream, it then ascends the small hollow and turns southwards up to the col d'Estaragne. * From the north, starting at the Cap de Long Lake, the longer route advances up valley of the Cap de Long creek.

== See also == * List of Pyrenean three-thousanders

== References == {{Reflist|2}}

== External links == * {{Cite web|title=Aerial view of Turon de Néouvielle |publisher=Google Maps|url=https://www.google.fr/maps/place/42%C2%B047'50.0%22N+0%C2%B007'46.0%22E/@42.797222,0.129444,667m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=fr}} {{Clear}}

Category:Mountains of Hautes-Pyrénées Category:Pyrenean three-thousanders