Okabe (mountain)
Okabe or Occabe, is a high Pyrenean summit in the Basse-Navarre province of the Basque country in France.
Name
Okʰabe is a hydronym from a spring located on the southern slope.Topography
Mount Okabe lies on the pyrenean watershed. Cromlechs called harrespils lie on the western slope of the massif.26 cromlechs or harrespils have been found on the Okabe plateau. Perhaps the area of an ancient pastoral passage, no written record provides any explanation for the presence of these prehistorical or protohistoric relics. Researchers have found pavings and remains of charcoal and ash in the middle of the rings. Corps cremation and funerary rituels suggest it was a necropole.