Vitus head
| Vitus head | ||
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 The Veitskopf near Wassenach |
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| height | 428 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Mountains | Eifel | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 25 '48 " N , 7 ° 15' 51" E | |
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| Type | Cinder cone | |
| rock | basalt | |
The Veitskopf is a 428 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the Eifel , Ahrweiler district , Rhineland-Palatinate . It rises north of the Laacher See in the area of the local community of Wassenach .
The Vitus head consists of a cinder cone from a volcano that erupted in the Quaternary . Its age cannot be precisely dated due to the lack of reference layers. Three lava flows originate from the Vitus head, of which the first and by far the largest spread out towards the north after it erupted from the crater wall in the west. Since the neighboring Gleeser Tal was only formed after the Veitskopf erupted , this lava flow sticks out over the present valley and forms the so-called Mauerley . The two lava flows that run south are nowhere near as extensive and were only detected by magnetic measurements because they are covered by a layer of pumice. ESE of Veit head is on an upstream spur above the national road L 113 of Lydiaturm , of an all-round view of the Laachersee that Brohltal up to seven mountains possible.
Remarks
- ↑ The indication of the name and height of the mountain differs in the maps offered by the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration. In the DTK 1: 5,000 it is called Feithskopf and is 428.1 m high, in the DTK 1: 25,000 it is called Veitskopf and is 427.8 m high.