Apert | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 631.3 m above sea level (NHN) (2,071 ft) [1] |
Listing | Mountains and hills of the Eifel |
Coordinates | 50°12′03″N 6°33′39″E / 50.20083°N 6.56083°E |
Geography | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
Parent range | Volcanic Eifel |
Geology | |
Type of rock | Slate |
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).
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]