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Pico Posets

3,369 m11,053 ft
Prominence
1,130 m3,708 ft
Isolation
18 km
Tonight
-9°CFog · Wind 9 km/h NE

Pico Posets is a 3,369 m (11,053 ft) mountain in the Pyrenees, Aragon, Spain.

All facts
Elevation
3,369 m · 11,053 ft
Nearest higher peak
Aneto (3,404 m)
Range
Pyrenees
Region
Aragon, Spain
Protected area
Natural Park of Posets-Maladeta
Coordinates
42.6549° N, 0.4354° E
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3D map

Pico Posets 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.6 × 8.6 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Pico Posets terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Pico Posets elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Pico Posets weather

Tonight · Fog · -9°C (16°F) · Wind 9 km/h NE

Pico Posets forecast for the summit, about 3,369 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,592 m.

  • Tonight-9°–9 km/h NEBase 2°
  • Today-9°0°–8 km/h NWBase 2 / 11°
  • Sun-4°5°0.8 mm10 km/h NBase 7 / 16°
  • Mon-5°7°–8 km/h SEBase 6 / 18°
  • Tue-4°6°–7 km/h NEBase 6 / 17°
  • Wed-5°2°–6 km/h NBase 6 / 13°
  • Thu-5°6°–5 km/h NBase 5 / 17°
  • Fri-5°5°–7 km/h NBase 6 / 16°
  • Sat-6°2°0.6 mm9 km/h NBase 5 / 13°
  • Sun-7°-1°0.1 mm9 km/h SBase 4 / 10°

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, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Slope

Share of the 8.6 × 8.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°
10.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
40.4%
Steep, 30–45°
40.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
8.7%
Steeper than 30°
49.3% of the 74 km² view
Relief in view
1,747 m low point 1,592 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 45.5%Bare rock / sparse 41.7%Trees 10.1%Moss & lichen 1.6%Water 1.0%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.3 km, measured from the Pico Posets summit.

NESW1 km2 km123456
Summit list 6
  1. 1Punta de la Lit3,292 m 0.6 km WSW
  2. 2Punta de las Mardaneras / Tuca d'els Chiminucs S3,167 m 0.7 km N
  3. 3Punta Llardaneta o Pico Espadas3,328 m 0.9 km SW
  4. 4Dent de Llardana3,085 m 1.0 km S
  5. 5Pico de la Montañeta / Veteranos3,129 m 1.2 km N
  6. 6Pavots3,122 m 1.8 km SSW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.3 km; 280 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • European Common Frog35
  • Alpine Marmot21
  • English Iris18
  • Pyrenean Thistle16
  • Common Wall Lizard11
  • Alpine Moon-daisy10
Where it sits

Where Pico Posets sits

Range
Pyrenees51
Region
Aragon13Spain109Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Pyrenees 6
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Downloads

Pico Posets downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

30 m low This 3D map reads 3,339 m at the summit; the official height is 3,369 m.Official 3,369 m90 m model 3,334 mThis map 3,339 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 35 m.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)3,369 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)3,339 m-30 m
Copernicus GLO-903,334 m-35 m

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 2026-07-23)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, 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 · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia