Chaos de Montpellier-le-Vieux

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Panorama of the Chaos de Montpellier-le-Vieux , the highest point of the rock formation is Le Douminial , on the right.

The Chaos de Montpellier-le-Vieux is a rock formation used by tourists in the French department of Aveyron .

geography

The rock formation is located in the western part of the department on the high plateau of the Causse Noir . To the north are the Tarn and Jonte rivers , to the south are the Dourbie gorges and to the west is the city of Millau .

nature

The rock accumulation covers about 120 hectares. They were created by corrosion of the dolomite rock of the Causse Noir. Originally it was assumed that the rocks were a ruined city, only in 1870 a swath was cut to the rocks. The speleologist Edouard-Alfred Martel was the first to map the rocks in 1883–1884.

photos

  • Topographic map (1:10 000) by Édouard-Alfred Martel, 1885.

  • Porte de Mycène

  • Roc Camparolié

  • Arc de triomphe

  • View from Le Douminial .

  • Mini train through the rocks.

Web links

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Coordinates: 44 ° 8 ′ 13 ″  N , 3 ° 12 ′ 10 ″  E