Casque du Marboré

The Casque du Marboré, or Casque de Gavarnie or simply le Casque, is a pyrenean summit, culminating at 3006m, located on the crest of three-thousanders in the Monte Perdido Range above Cirque de Gavarnie on the Franco-Spanish border.ToponymyThe term casque was applied to the peak due to its particular shape. The word marboré means marble, which is a metamorphic rock found in the area.TopographyTogether with Tour du Marboré, the Cascade Peaks, and Pic de Marboré, it forms the range above Cirque de Gavarnie (1,500 m above the bottom of the valley marking the border between the Pyrenees National Park (France) and the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Ordesa Valley), Spain. ), The 422 m high Gavarnie falls, the biggest waterfall in Europe, descends from Casque du Marboré. French side: located in the commune of Gavarnie in the canton of Luz-Saint-Sauveur, Hautes-Pyrénées department, Midi-Pyrénées region. Spanish side: located in the comarca of Sobrarbe, Huesca province, Aragon.