Montagnes Noires

Not to be confused with Montagne Noire of Languedoc-Rousillon.
A section through the Montagnes Noires
La Roche du Feu

The Montagnes Noires (French, 'black mountains'), also known as the Montagne Noire (French, 'black mountain')[1] and in Breton as Menez Du[2] are an east–west oriented range of hills in Brittany centred on the town of Gourin. They culminate in the peak of Roc de Toullaeron (Breton: Roc'h Toull-al-Laeron) which attains a height of either 318m[3] or 326m.[4] Other significant peaks include Ar Menez (304m) and Montagne Noir (307m) (or, in Breton: Menez Du).[5] They are composed from a range of Precambrian, Ordovician, Silurian and Devonian rocks forming a part of the Variscan orogen and include sandstones, quartzites and slates.[6]

The hills form a part of the border between the départements of Finistère and Morbihan and just extend into Côtes-du-Nord.

References

  1. ^ Carte Geologique de la France, 1:1,000,000 scale, 5th edn, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres
  2. ^ "Breizh :: Douaroniezh fizik". Archived from the original on 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  3. ^ "Montagnes, monts et points culminants bretons, hauteur des montagnes de Bretagne >> Geobreizh.com". Archived from the original on 2014-04-21. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  4. ^ Collins Road Atlas France 1988, based on IGN mapping 1988
  5. ^ "Bretagne :: Géographie physique". Archived from the original on 2010-03-02. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  6. ^ Carte Geologique de la France, 1:1,000,000 scale, 5th edn, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres
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