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Col du Tourmalet
Summit of the Col du Tourmalet
Elevation2,115 m (6,939 ft)[1]
Traversed byD918
LocationHautes-Pyrénées, France
RangePyrenees
Coordinates42°54′29.5″N 0°8′42.4″E / 42.908194°N 0.145111°E / 42.908194; 0.145111
Col du Tourmalet is located in Pyrenees
Col du Tourmalet
Col du Tourmalet
Location of Col du Tourmalet
View from the Col du Tourmalet to its western side

Col du Tourmalet (pronounced [tuʁmalɛ]; elevation 2,115 m (6,939 ft)) is one of the highest paved mountain passes in the French Pyrenees, in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées. Sainte-Marie-de-Campan is at the foot on the eastern side and the ski station La Mongie two-thirds of the way up. The village of Barèges lies on the western side, above the town of Luz-Saint-Sauveur.

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