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The northern point of Rottumerplaat (middle island, extension to the right of the picture) is the northernmost point of the European and the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands. Southernmost point of the European Netherlands, with the border making almost a 90-degree turn running to the right and to the front of Boundary Pillar No. 12.
The following is a list of mountains and hills in the Netherlands. Cauberg (134 metres; 440 ft) [1] Eyserbosweg (193 metres; 633 ft) [2] Keutenberg (163 metres; 535 ft) [3] Mount Saint Peter (171 metres; 561 ft) [4] Vaalserberg (322.4 metres; 1,058 ft) [5] Vrouwenheide (211 metres; 692 ft) [6]
Some couples such as Denmark , Netherlands , Spain (Canary Islands) and Portugal (Azores Islands) have part of their territory and their high points outside of Europe; their non-European high points are mentioned in the Notes. For more details about Serbian and Kosovan highest points and ranks, see list of mountains in Kosovo.
The Three-Country Point with the border post dating back to 1926 Gemmenicher Tunnel. The Vaalserberg is also the location of the tripoint between Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands and so its summit is called the Drielandenpunt ("three country point") in Dutch, Dreiländereck ("three country corner") in German and Trois Frontières ("three borders") or Trois Bornes ("three border stones") in ...
The Netherlands is located at mouths of three major European rivers (Rhine, Maas or Meuse, and Scheldt). In November 2016, the Netherlands and Belgium agreed to cede small, uninhabited parcels of land to reflect a change in course of the river Meuse (or Maas, in Dutch). The land swap is to take effect as of 2018. [8]
World top 50 most prominent peaks, originally compiled by David Metzler and Eberhard Jurgalski, and updated with the help of others as new elevation information, especially SRTM, has become available. World top 100 most prominent peaks, from the same authors as the top 50. Map of the top 50 by Ken Jones
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Mount Scenery (pronounced like the word 'scenery') is a dormant volcano in the Caribbean Netherlands.Its lava dome forms the summit of the Saba island stratovolcano.At an elevation of 870 m (2,854 ft), [1] it is the highest point in both the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and, since the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010, the highest point in the Netherlands proper.