Apert

This article is about the mountain. For the genetic disorder, see Apert syndrome.

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).

Apert
Apert
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
Geography
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Parent range	Volcanic Eifel
Geology
Type of rock	Slate

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". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
3. "Geological finds in Büdesheim". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-10-15.

External links and map

• "Topographic map of Apert". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
• View from the Apert
• Landesamt für Vermessung und Geobasisinformation Rheinland-Pfalz: topographic map 1:25,000 series, Sheet 5705, Gerolstein