Location Rhineland-Palatinate Parent range Volcanic Eifel | State/Province DE-RP Mountain type Slate | |
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Elevation 631.3 m above sea level (NHN) (2,071 ft) | ||
The Apert is a forested mountain, 631.3 m above sea level (NHN), in the western Volcanic Eifel, a mountain range in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It rises about two kilometres south of Büdesheim and is the highest point in the parish (Gemarkung).
Geology
The region is part of the Rhenish Massif; the basement of the Apert consists of the fossil-rich Büdesheim Slate and Flinz, a rock of the lower Upper Devonian. Fossils of the following biological orders have been found (sometimes as index fossils): Buchiola, Cheiloceras, Goniatites, Clymeniida, Orthoceras and Manticoceras.
References
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