Pointe de France · 2,878 m · 4.2 km E

Lake · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Lac Gentau

1,946 m6,385 ft

Area: 0.09 km²
Max depth: 20 m
Tonight: 0°CFog · Wind 12 km/h N

Lac Gentau is a lake at 1,946 m above sea level in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, 0.09 km² in area and 0.4 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 1,946 m
Length: 0.4 km
Shoreline: 1.3 km

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Lake

Lac Gentau in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 1.3 km≈15 min to walk around

3D map

Lac Gentau 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lac Gentau terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lac Gentau elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lac Gentau weather

Tonight · Fog · 0°C (32°F) · Wind 12 km/h N

Lac Gentau forecast for about 1,946 m.

Tonight0°–12 km/h N
Today0°7°–10 km/h W
Sun3°10°5.3 mm17 km/h N
Mon4°14°–9 km/h S
Tue6°15°0.2 mm6 km/h N
Wed5°11°–6 km/h NE
Thu4°13°–4 km/h W
Fri3°14°–7 km/h NW
Sat2°9°0.7 mm13 km/h N
Sun0°8°–8 km/h S

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lac Gentau

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lac Gentau, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
Bivouac
0.2 km SSW · +2 more within 3.8 km
Directions Map
Nearest hut
Refuge d'Ayous
0.3 km W · +2 more within 1.7 km
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Nearest parking
Parking de Bious-Artigues
3.9 km NE · +2 more within 4.3 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
BivouacCampsite	0.2 km SSW
Refuge d'AyousHut	0.3 km W
Cabane du col long d'Ayous d'en basHut	1.7 km ENE
Cabane de Cap de PountHut	1.7 km ESE
Campsite	3.3 km ENE
Bivouac de Dious ArtiguesCampsite	3.8 km NE
Parking de Bious-ArtiguesParking	3.9 km NE
Parking	4.1 km NE
Parking de Bious-OumettesParking	4.3 km NE

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

21.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.4%

Steep, 30–45°

31.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

5.1%

Steeper than 30°: 36.8% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 825 m low point 1,540 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 88.0%Trees 9.5%Water 1.7%Bare rock / sparse 0.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 260 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common Wall Lizard36
European Common Frog32
Eurasian Griffon31
Pyrenean Eryngo20
Spiny Toad18
Northern Wheatear17

Where it sits

Where Lac Gentau sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Col d'AubisquePass · 1,709 m19 km NE

Downloads

Lac Gentau downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGLac Gentau satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-24.

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GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-24)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia

Lac Gentau

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