Turon de Néouvielle
Summit in the French Pyrenees
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The Turon du Néouvielle is a summit in the French Pyrenees, culminating at 3,035 m, located in the Néouvielle Range, on the edge of the Pyrenees National Park. It is famous for having the first recorded ascent of a Pyrenees peak over 3,000 metres.[1]
| Turon de Néouvielle | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,035 m (9,957 ft) |
| Coordinates | 42°49′41″N 0°06′27″E |
| Geography | |
  Turon de Néouvielle Pyrenees | |
| Location | Hautes-Pyrénées, France |
| Parent range | Néouvielle massif |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 15 August 1787 Jean-Joseph Vidal and Henri Reboul |
History
In 1787, on the second of August, Jean-Joseph Vidal, an astronomer from Mirepoix, and the chemist Henri Reboul from Toulouse, who was studying the snowmass in the Pyrenees, made the first recorded ascent.[2][3] They gave their names to the rocky ridge which extends from the crest of Turon towards Cap-de-Long Lake.[citation needed]