The Randen is a small

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

located between the Jura and the Swabian Jura, north of the

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. Predominantly located in the Swiss

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, they culminate in the

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state of

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. The Randen, which belong to the

Table Jura The so-called Table Jura (also ''Plateau Jura''; German: ''Tafeljura'', French: ''le Jura tabulaire'') is the northeastern extension of the Jura Mountains. It stands in opposition to the folded Jura (''Faltenjura'') of the Jura range proper. ...

(''Tafeljura''), are situated north of

Schaffhausen Schaffhausen (; gsw, Schafuuse; french: Schaffhouse; it, Sciaffusa; rm, Schaffusa; en, Shaffhouse) is a town with historic roots, a municipality in northern Switzerland, and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimate ...

and south of

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. The highest peak is the ''Schlattersteig'' (), which is part of the more prominent

Hoher Randen The Hoher Randen with its Schlattersteig () is the highest mountain of the Randen, a range located between the Jura and the Swabian Jura. It is located south of Blumberg in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, near the border with the Swiss ...

() in

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. Other important summits are the

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(), the Lange Rande (), and the ''Schlossranden'' () with the ''Schleitheimer Randenturm'' () in Switzerland.

References

* Swisstopo topographic maps

External links

Randen on Schauffhauserland.ch
{{Coord, 47, 46, N, 8, 35, E, display=title, region:CH_type:mountain_source:GNS-enwiki Mountain ranges of Switzerland Mountains of the canton of Schaffhausen Mountain and hill ranges of Baden-Württemberg Mountains of Switzerland