Le Chasseron is a
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually highe ...
in the
Jura Mountains, overlooking
Sainte-Croix in the canton of
Vaud
Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms b ...
. It has an elevation of 1,607 metres above sea level and is amongst the
most isolated mountains of Switzerland.
See also
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List of mountains of Switzerland
This article contains a sortable table of many of the major mountains and hills of Switzerland. The table only includes those summits that have a topographic prominence of at least above other points, and ranks them by height and prominence. T ...
References
External links
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Le Chasseron on Hikr
Mountains of Switzerland
Mountains of the canton of Vaud
Mountains of the Jura
Chasseron
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