<page_title> List of highest astronomical observatories </page_title> <section_title> Other important high altitude observatories </section_title> <table> <cell> Pic du Midi Observatory <col_header> Observatory Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2,877 m (9,439 ft) <col_header> Elevation </col_header> </cell> <cell> Pic du Midi de Bigorre <col_header> Observatory Site </col_header> </cell> <cell> Pyrenees, France <col_header> Location </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1878 <col_header> Established </col_header> </cell> </table>
Pic du Midi Observatory is the first high altitude observatory which was constructed atop the 2,877 m (9,439 ft) Pic du Midi de Bigorre in the French Pyrenees in 1878.