Apert

Coordinates: 50°12′03″N 6°33′39″E / 50.20083°N 6.56083°E / 50.20083; 6.56083
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Apert
Highest point
Elevation631.3 m above sea level (NHN) (2,071 ft) [1]
Coordinates50°12′03″N 6°33′39″E / 50.20083°N 6.56083°E / 50.20083; 6.56083
Geography
LocationRhineland-Palatinate
Parent rangeVolcanic Eifel
Geology
Type of rockSlate

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.[2] Fossils of the following biological orders have been found (sometimes as index fossils): Buchiola, Cheiloceras, Goniatites, Clymeniida, Orthoceras and Manticoceras.[3]

References

  1. ^ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
  2. ^ Oberdevon im Raum Büdesheim
  3. ^ Geological finds in Büdesheim

External links and map

  • View from the Apert
  • Landesamt für Vermessung und Geobasisinformation Rheinland-Pfalz: topographic map 1:25,000 series, Sheet 5705, Gerolstein
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