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Weißer Stein (Eifel)

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in 2010 showed the Weißer Stein to be at maximum 693.3 m TAW (=691 m NN), with which it differs by less than 1 m from Signal de Botrange.
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and the Belgian TAW, thereby suggesting an altitude of 701 m for the Weißer Stein. An accurate control by the
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executed measurements and found a height of 692 m (TAW, Belgian standard). The altitude meter of
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German measurements (until 1920 the area belonged to Germany) indicated an altitude of 689 m (
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Map sheet 481 Hillesheim (1909) Kgl. Preuß. Landesaufnahme
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Elevation
Coordinates
50°24′30″N 6°22′9″E / 50.40833°N 6.36917°E / 50.40833; 6.36917
Weißer Stein is located in Belgium
Büllingen
East Belgium
Parent range
Eifel
German
Mürringen
de
Büllingen
East Belgium
Belgium
North Rhine-Westphalia
NN
University of Liège
Google Earth
Signal de Botrange
EGM96
Normalnull
Belgian National Geographic Institute
online
"Botrange est bien le toit de la Belgique"
Le Soir
"Weißer Stein ski area on Eifel Info"
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Liège Province
stub

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