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Montagnes Noires

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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') and in Breton as Menez Du 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 or 326m. Other significant peaks include Ar Menez (304m) and Montagne Noir (307m) (or, in Breton: Menez Du). 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.

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.
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  4. Collins Road Atlas France 1988, based on IGN mapping 1988
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  6. Carte Geologique de la France, 1:1,000,000 scale, 5th edn, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres

48°09′N 3°40′W / 48.150°N 3.667°W / 48.150; -3.667


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