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1537:Kreuzfelsen
1394:Große Blöße
1346:Wasserkuppe
1322:Fichtelberg
1298:Donnersberg
1238:Wüstegarten
1209:Kaiserstuhl
1189:Ellerspring
1154:Bloße Zelle
903:Einödriegel
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586:magma plume
551:Pleistocene
488:Laacher See
482:Laacher See
471:Korretsberg
439:Lydia Tower
425:Wartgesberg
343:Hochkelberg
323:Scharteberg
262:Vordereifel
201:North Eifel
193:South Eifel
165:Laacher See
121:Vulkaneifel
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32:Vulkaneifel
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1568:Westerwald
1544:Vogelsberg
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1262:Kulpenberg
1257:Kyffhäuser
1233:Kellerwald
1226:Hirschberg
1118:Hohes Gras
1094:Dürrenberg
1047:Schneeberg
887:of Germany
814:2021-06-25
790:2021-06-25
592:References
539:K-feldspar
415:Hoher List
371:Hochsimmer
359:Dietzenley
337:Dietzenley
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232:Hillesheim
228:Obere Kyll
224:Gerolstein
205:Hohes Venn
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1142:Griesberg
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163:like the
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137:volcanic
101:Mofettas
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1413:Sudetes
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1370:Himberg
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543:glacial
531:tephras
525:Geology
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247:Kelberg
187:to the
92:Valley.
1484:Taunus
1471:Randen
1448:Süntel
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117:German
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465:Mayen
251:Ulmen
185:Rhine
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1125:Harz
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