The Weißer Stein (

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for ''White Stone''; in English also written as Weisser Stein) is located in the forest of , a hamlet of the

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municipality in East Belgium. It is the highest point of this village and the second-highest point of

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. It also lies on the border with the German state of

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. German measurements (until 1920 the area belonged to Germany) indicated an altitude of 689 m ( NN, German standard) at the nearby located measuring point, and a small higher area surrounded by the 690-meter altitude line. In 2007 the

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executed measurements and found a height of 692 m (TAW, Belgian standard). The altitude meter of

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caused some doubt about Signal de Botrange (694 m TAW) as Belgium's highest point because its vertical reference

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deviates a couple of meters from the German

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and the Belgian TAW, thereby suggesting an altitude of 701 m for the Weißer Stein. An accurate control by the Belgian National Geographic Institute in 2010 showed the Weißer Stein to be at maximum 693.3 m TAW (=691 m NN), with which it differs by less than 1 m from Signal de Botrange.

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