August 30, 2007

The Cirque de Gavarnie is a famous example of a cirque in the central Pyrenees, in the Pyrenees National Park.

The cirque is 800m wide (on the deepest point) and about 3000m wide at the top.

Major features of the cirque are La Brèche de Roland (also called the Roncevaux Pass) and Gavarnie Falls.