Pointe Chausenque or Punta Chausenca is 3,204m summit in the Vignemale. Vignemale is a massif in the French Pyrenees.
Topography Virtually as high as the Ossoue glacier to the south, it dominates from 600 m the :fr:Glacier des Oulettes de Gaube to the north.
It is the highest Pyrenean summit located only in France, north of the French-Spanish border.
History The first ascent was led out by Vincent de Chausenque and a guide from Cauterets on June 30, 1822. The summit was reached from Petit Vignemale via the ridge linking both summits.
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