The Weißer Stein (German for White Stone; in English also written as Weisser Stein) is located in the forest of Mürringen, a hamlet of the Büllingen municipality in East Belgium. It is the highest point of this village and the second-highest point of Belgium. It also lies on the border with the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
| Weißer Stein | |
|---|---|
 Boardwalk leading to the Weißer Stein rocks in Belgium | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 693.3 m (2,275 ft) |
| Coordinates | 50°24′30″N 6°22′9″E / 50.40833°N 6.36917°E |
| Geography | |
  Weißer Stein Location of Weißer Stein in Belgium | |
| Location | Büllingen, East Belgium |
| Parent range | Eifel |
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.[1] In 2007 the University of Liège executed measurements and found a height of 692 m (TAW, Belgian standard). The altitude meter of Google Earth caused some doubt about Signal de Botrange (694 m TAW) as Belgium's highest point because its vertical reference EGM96 deviates a couple of meters from the German Normalnull 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.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Map sheet 481 Hillesheim (1909) Kgl. Preuß. Landesaufnahme online
- ^ n.c. (9 Mar 2010). "Botrange est bien le toit de la Belgique". Le Soir (in French). Retrieved 24 Jan 2015.
- ^ "Weißer Stein ski area on Eifel Info".
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