Cap Dera Baquo Oriental, Mountain summit in Benasque, Spain and Haute-Garonne, France.
Cap Dera Baquo Oriental is a mountain summit on the border between Spain and France within the Pyrenees range. The peak stands among other mountain formations in this high alpine region.
The name Cap dera Vaca, "cow's head" in Gascon Occitan, comes from the shape of this group of peaks: the western end, formed by the Tuca d'el Cabo de la Vaca Oriental and its western neighbour, resembles a cow's head, while the eastern Sellant de la Vaca forms the body. The 3,103 m summit lies on the Spanish-French border between Ribagorza (Huesca) and Haute-Garonne.
The Benasqués names Sellant de la Vaca and Cabo de la Vaca, and the Gascon Selh dera Vaca and Cap dera Vaca, liken this group of peaks to the shape of a cow: the western end, formed by the Cabo de la Vaca summits, is the head, and the eastern Sellant de la Vaca is the body.
Climbers reach this summit through established routes from nearby valleys. The ascent requires proper mountain gear and strong navigation skills in high alpine terrain.
Its 15 m prominence is measured from the col linking it to Cabo de la Vaca Occidental, the western summit of the massif. The Benasque and Gascon names compare the ridge to a cow: the western end is the head (cap, "head" in Occitan), the eastern Sellant de la Vaca its body.
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