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Aneto is the highest mountain in the Pyrenees and in Aragon, and Spain's third-highest mountain,〔Following 3,718 m highTeide on the Canary Island of Tenerife and 3,479 m high Mulhacén in the Sierra Nevada.〕 reaching a height of . It lies in the Spanish province of Huesca, the northernmost of all three Aragonese provinces. It forms the southernmost part of the Maladeta massif. It is also known as ''Pic de Néthou'' in French, though this is little used as the mountain lies entirely within Spain.〔Spanish Nature: (Aneto )〕 Aneto is located in the Posets-Maladeta Natural Park, in the municipality of Benasque, Huesca province, autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It is part of the Maladeta massif and is located in the Benasque valley. It consists of Paleozoic terrain of a granitic nature and Mesozoic materials. Its northern side holds the largest glacier in the Pyrenees, covering in 2005; it is shrinking rapidly due to warming summer temperatures and decreasing winter precipitation over the 20th century – it covered 106.7 ha in 1981, and over 200 ha in the 19th century (Boletín Glaciológico Aragonés, 2004). It is estimated that, in the last 100 years, it has lost more than half of its surface, and that in 30 or 40 years it may disappear. ==Toponym== Initially, the great mass of granite did not even have a name. There are indications that the shepherds and hunters from the southern valleys who perceived it referred to it as Malheta or Malahita or Punta. The first cultured traveler who caught sight of it from the port of Benasque, Louis Ramond de Carbonnières, would simply describe its appearance as needles of ice in 1787. Finally, the highest point of the Pyrenees eventually inherited the name of a small town on the eastern side: Aneto.〔〔 The French, on hearing the Argonese pronunciation of "Aneto", retained the last two clearly accentuated phonetic syllables, "ne" and "tu", ignoring the first syllable "a". On transcribing, the French name "Netou" was created. In transcribing, its French name, "Netou" was retained, even though the summit and slopes are completely within Spanish territory. Several maps of Gallic cartographers subsequently accepted the toponym referring to the peak as "Nethou", a nomenclature that is still used today. This is not the only denomination in France: Nelto, Nettou, Anetthou, Annetton, Anelthou, Nethom or Aréthon are other historical variants that persist. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aneto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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