Pica d'Estats height
10,312ft
above sea level · 3,143 m
Pica d'Estats is the highest summit in Catalonia in the IGN’s table of Spanish summits. It’s in the Pyrenees.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.67° N · 1.40° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 40′ 1″ N · 1° 23′ 52″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 368,711 E · 4,725,076 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Alins
- Municipality the summit lies in
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 10,306 ft (3,141.3 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 10,312 ft.
Compared with Spain’s other peaks
At 10,312 ft (3,143 m), Pica d'Estats ranks 14th among the 228 Spanish summits in the IGN’s table, 1,877 ft lower than Mount Teide.
It’s the highest point of Lleida province. It sits right on the border with France.
Other summits in Catalonia with their own page: Puigpedrós (9,560 ft).
The nearest provincial capital is Lleida, 83 mi away in a straight line. The summit stands 9,820 ft above the city.
- 7 Pica d'Estats 10,312 ft
Each color band is 500 m (1,640 ft), the same colors as the map. See the full list
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Pica d'Estats.
How high is Pica d'Estats?
Pica d'Estats rises to 10,312 feet (3,143 meters) above sea level. That’s the official figure from Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN), measured at the summit.
What are the coordinates of Pica d'Estats?
Latitude 42.66695 and longitude 1.39790 in decimal degrees (42° 40′ 1″ N · 1° 23′ 52″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 368,711 E and 4,725,076 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
Is Pica d'Estats the highest mountain in Spain?
No. It ranks 14th of the 228 summits in the IGN’s table. Spain’s highest is Mount Teide, on Tenerife, at 12,188 ft (3,715 m), but Pica d'Estats is the highest in Catalonia.
Which municipality is the summit in?
Alins, in Lleida province (Catalonia), according to the IGN’s municipal boundaries. The point is just 2 m (7 ft) from the boundary, so the summit is shared with the neighboring municipality.
How high is Pica d'Estats in feet?
10,312 feet. The official height is 3,143 meters, and one meter is 3.28084 feet, so 3,143 × 3.28084 ≈ 10,312 ft.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height of a point above mean sea level. Mapping agencies such as Spain’s IGN measure it on the ground with leveling and survey-grade GPS. Maps read it from an elevation model, a grid with the ground height at every point, so the model can differ by a few meters from the official figure, especially on sharp summits.
Sources
- IGN · Main summits (Información Geográfica Destacada) Official elevation of the summit. CC BY 4.0 license.
- MDT05 Digital Terrain Model (IGN) Ground height at this exact point, to check the figure. 5 m grid, CC BY 4.0 license.
- IGN summit table The summit’s rank, range, the provinces it lies in and its other names. CC BY 4.0 license.
- Terrain Tiles (AWS Open Data) Hillshading on the map, from public data by USGS, NASA, Copernicus and others.
- OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The summit’s position (1 m from the IGN’s point) and the base map, with OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).
Reviewed October 31, 2026 · Methodology and sources · Spotted a mistake? Let us know