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The highest elevation in the canton, and in the Urner Alps as a whole, is the Dammastock, at, north of the Furka Pass.
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At above the valley floor, the pair were at the highest elevation above the Lunar Module of any other Apollo mission.
The lowest elevation,, is found at the banks of the Aar, and the highest elevation, at, is the Hungerberg on the border with Küttigen.
The southwest of the country, on the other hand, forms a sandstone massif, where the highest peak, Ténakourou, is found at an elevation of 749 meters ( 2, 457 ft ).
Boone has the highest elevation of any town of its size ( over 10, 000 population ) east of the Mississippi River.
The Dangrek Mountains at the northern rim of the Tonle Sap Basin consist of a steep escarpment with an average elevation of about 500 meters, the highest points of which reach more than 700 meters.
The Cocos ( Keeling ) Islands consist of two flat, low-lying coral atolls with an area of, of coastline, a highest elevation of and thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation.
The highest point is Cerro Chirripó, a volcanic mountain with an elevation of ( part of Chirripó National Park ).
The highest elevation is Mount Nimba, at in the far west of the country along the border with Guinea and Liberia.
Its highest elevation, located at Ebright Azimuth, near Concord High School, does not rise fully above sea level.
The highest peak is Morne Diablotins, at ; Morne Trois Pitons, with an elevation of, lies farther south and is the site of the national park.
The highest points in upland Finland reach an elevation of about, and they are found in the Kilpisjärvi area of the Scandinavian Keel Ridge.
The lowest elevation is sea level and the highest elevation is the summit of Gunnbjørn Fjeld, the highest point in the Arctic at.
The western mountains have the highest peaks, with the Pico Congolón at an elevation of 2, 500 meters and the Cerro Las Minas at 2, 850 meters.
The lowest elevation in Hong Kong is in South China Sea ( 0 m ) while the highest elevation is at Tai Mo Shan ( 958 m ) in Tsuen Wan, the New Territories.
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This mass is cleft by a deep valley — the Calfeisental: one branch, culminating in the Pizol ( 2, 844 m ), extends east over Pfäfers, while another, including the highest peak of the canton of St. Gallen, the Ringelspitz ( 3, 247 m ), runs due east to the low Kunkels Pass ( 1, 357 m ), separating this range from the Calanda.
The Höhrohnen ( nr Gottschalkenberg ) is the highest elevation ( 1, 205 m ) in the east of the canton.
The Diablerets massif, peaking at, is the highest mountain of the canton and the only glaciated area.
Village of Lungern The village of Lungern lies above sea level in the highest part of the canton of Obwalden, on the lake of Lungern and at the foot of the Brünig Pass.
The Balmhorn ( 3, 698 metres ), bordering the canton of Valais on the south, is the highest in the valley ; it is followed by the Blüemlisalp ( 3, 663 metres ), east of the village.
The Finsteraarhorn () is the highest mountain in the Bernese Alps and the highest mountain in the canton of Berne.
For practical reasons, the Landsgemeinde has been abolished in all but two cantons, where it is still the highest political institution of the canton: in Glarus it takes place on the first Sunday in May, while in Appenzell Innerrhoden it takes place on the last Sunday in April ( except when it would coincide with Easter Sunday, in which case it is delayed by one week ).
It forms the border between the Swiss canton of Graubünden and the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and is the highest peak in Vorarlberg.
The summit ( indicated as Sommet des Diablerets ) is 3, 210 metres high, making it the highest mountain in the canton of Vaud.
It is also the farthest easterly mountain higher than 4, 000 m in the Alps, the highest point of the Swiss canton of Graubünden, and the fifth-most prominent peak in the Alps.
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* 1811 – First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
At in length, the Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains and, for most of its length, meanders across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between the states of New South Wales and Victoria as it flows to the northwest, before turning south for its final or so into South Australia, reaching the ocean at Lake Alexandrina.
Aoraki, the tallest, became the highest peak, and his brothers created the Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, the Southern Alps.
If the Maritime Alps, along the border with Italy, are considered part of Provence, they are the highest peaks in the region ( the Punta dell ' Argentera has an elevation of 3, 297 m ).
Outside of the Maritime Alps, Mont Ventoux ( Occitan: Ventor in classical norm or Ventour in Mistralian norm ), at, is the highest peak in Provence.
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