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Aborrebjerg is a hill on the Danish island of
The hill stands at and is the highest point in
As well as the neighbouring cliffs Aborrebjerg bedrock is
Møn
Møn () is an island in south-eastern Denmark. Until 1 January 2007, it was a municipality in its own right but it is now part of the municipality of Vordingborg, after merging with the former municipalities of Langebæk, Præstø, and Vordin ...
.
Geography
The hill stands at and is the highest point in Møn
Møn () is an island in south-eastern Denmark. Until 1 January 2007, it was a municipality in its own right but it is now part of the municipality of Vordingborg, after merging with the former municipalities of Langebæk, Præstø, and Vordin ...
island and the eighth in Denmark, very close to Møns Klint
Møns Klint is a 6 km stretch of limestone and chalk cliffs along the eastern coast of the Danish island of Møn in the Baltic Sea. Some of the cliffs fall a sheer 120 m to the sea below. The highest cliff is , which is 128 m above sea le ...
.
Aborrebjerg is mainly covered by wood and shrubs like juniper
Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Juniperus'' () of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arc ...
s; behind it some ponds are located. The summit is marked with a circular stone.
Geology
As well as the neighbouring cliffs Aborrebjerg bedrock is chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock. It is a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and originally formed deep under the sea by the compression of microscopic plankton that had settled to the sea floor. C ...
, which originated during the Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...
and was later lifted to its present location by tectonic
Tectonics (; ) are the processes that control the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time. These include the processes of mountain building, the growth and behavior of the strong, old cores of continents ...
movements following the ice ages
An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate alternates between ice ages and gree ...
.
Access to the summit
The can be easily reached through a waymarked foothpath. From the summit there is a good view. With good weather looking west both Farøbroerne andQueen Alexandrine Bridge
The Queen Alexandrine bridge (Danish, ''Dronning Alexandrines Bro'') is a road arch bridge that crosses Ulv Sund between the islands of Zealand and Møn in Denmark.
History
The bridge is named after Queen Alexandrine, consort of King Christia ...
can be seen, while looking north one can see up to Stevns.
See also
*Møllehøj
Møllehøj is the highest natural pointFor comparison, the tallest man-made structure in Denmark is the Tommerup Transmitter, which stands 321m or 1045ft high. in Denmark at .
Geography
Møllehøj is in the Ejerbjerge hills in Skanderborg m ...
* List of hills and mountains in Denmark
This is a list of hills and mountains in Denmark.
Hills in Denmark
This table lists only hills in the country of Denmark, excluding Danish territories (Faroe Islands and Greenland). The listing only considers natural formations.
Mountains in D ...
References
External links
* Hiking guide: {{Møn Denmark Hills of Denmark Møn