What is Canigou?
{{Infobox mountain | name = Canigou | other_name = | photo = Canigó.jpeg | photo_alt = A snow-capped Canigou across the Roussillon plain. | photo_size = | photo_caption = A snow-capped Canigou across the Roussillon plain (December 2004). | elevation_m = 2784 | elevation_ref = <ref name=reliefs>{{cite web|url=http://pyreneescatalanes.free.fr/Decouvrir/Reliefs.php|title=Le reliefs des Pyrénées-Orientales|publisher=A la découverte des Pyrénées Catalanes |language=fr |access-date=7 July 2013 }}</ref> | prominence_m = 550 | parent_peak = | listing = | location = [[France]] | range = [[Pyrenees]] | topo = | first_ascent = According to tradition, in 1285 by [[Peter III of Aragon]] | easiest_route = [[Hiking]] | map = France | label_position = | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_size = | coordinates_ref = | coordinates = {{coord|42|31|08|N|02|27|24|E}} | type = | age = | last_eruption = }} The '''Canigou''' ({{lang-ca|Canigó}}) or '''Pic du Canigou''' is the highest of the [[mountain]]s in Eastern [[Pyrenees]], a chain of moutains that form a natural border between the countries of France and Spain; it is on the [[Massif]] du Canigou, in the [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Pyrénées-Orientales]], southern [[France]]. Because it has sharp sides and is close to the [[Mediterranean Sea]] [[coast]], until the 18th century the Canigou was believed to be the highest mountain in the [[Pyrenees]]. On 21 July 2019, Abdullahi Abbas was officially the first Nigerian who succeeded climbing to the top of the Canigou.Pablo Bucheli, together with his sherpa Abigail White, was the first Ecuadorian on the top of the mountain.<ref name=reliefs /> ==Geography== Canigou is in the Regional Natural Park of the Catalan Pyrenees ({{lang-fr|Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées catalanes}}; {{lang-ca|Parc Natural Regional del Pirineu Català}}, often shortened as ''Parc del Pirineu Català''), close to the eastern border of the [[park]]. The Canigou [[peak]] is {{Convert|2784|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} high.<ref name=reliefs /><ref name=