The Crêt de la Neige (, "Snow Ridge") is the highest peak in the
Jura Mountains
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and the department of
Ain in France. Its elevation is 1720 m above sea level (reported as 1718 m before 2003). Its
prominence
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is 1266 m. It is located in the commune of
Thoiry. In 2024, a team of researchers locates the actual highest peak in a protected area and measures its elevation at 1720.83 m, while they found the geodetic marker at Crêt de la Neige at 1718.06 m elevation.
[Hetényi G., Chagros A.-M., Lemke K., Maharaj A., Baron L. (2024). Détermination du point culminant du massif du Jura. Mémoires de Géologie (Lausanne), n° 51, 6 pp]
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Image:Cret De Neige Geneva.jpg, Looking towards Geneva
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from the summit
Image:CrêtdeLaNeige.jpeg, Summit of the Crêt de la Neige, with Le Reculet in the background
References
Mountains of Ain
Mountains of the Jura
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