Maladeta

Maladeta
Maladeta
Highest point
Elevation	3,312 m (10,866 ft)
Listing	List of mountains in Aragon
Coordinates	42°38′50″N 0°38′22″E / 42.64722°N 0.63944°E / 42.64722; 0.63944
Naming
English translation	from "damned mountains"
Language of name	Spanish
Geography
Maladeta Location in the Pyrenees
Location	Ribagorza, Aragon, Spain
Parent range	Pyrenees
Climbing
First ascent	28 September 1817

Maladeta (3,312 m) is a mountain in the Pyrenees, close to the highest peak in the range, Aneto. It is located in the Natural Park of Posets-Maladeta in the town of Benasque in Province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Its northern slope contains the 91-acre (37 ha) Maladeta Glacier, which is divided into the 15-acre (6 ha) Western Maladeta and the 77-acre (31 ha) Eastern Maladeta.

Maladeta was previously considered to be highest peak in the area, and attempts to reach its summit took priority over the other peaks in the range. The first successful ascent of the peak was made by Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot with guide Pierre Barrau in 1817.^[1]