What is the highest peak of the Pyrenees?

The highest peak of the Pyrenees is Aneto, which rises to 3,404 metres in Aragón, Spain.

Aneto lies in the Maladeta massif of the Spanish province of Huesca, just south of the France–Spain border. Although the Pyrenees form a major natural divide between France and Spain, Aneto itself is entirely within Spain. The range extends for roughly 500 kilometres from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean, and Aneto is its highest point.

Monte Perdido was once widely regarded as the Pyrenees’ highest mountain. Better exploration and surveying of the Maladeta massif eventually showed that Aneto and several nearby summits were higher. Aneto’s height is especially notable because it has more than 2,800 metres of topographic prominence, making it a genuinely dominant mountain rather than merely a high subsidiary summit.

The mountain’s usual route crosses the Aneto Glacier and reaches the summit via a narrow rocky ridge known as the Bridge of Mohammed. The first ascent was completed on July 20, 1842, by Platon de Tchihatcheff, Pierre Sanio de Luz, Luchon Barrau, and Albert de Franqueville.