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Ardennes

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Hohe Acht (747 m/2451 ft)
Countries	Belgium (80%), France (51%), Germany (35%), Netherlands (27%), Luxembourg (7%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	Walloon Region (22%), Flemish Region (18%), Ross Dependency (Claim) (12%), North Rhine-Westphalia (10%), Adélie Land (Claim) (10%), Rhineland-Palatinate (7%), Noord-Brabant (6%), Zeeland (3%), Limburg (3%), British Antarctic Territory (2%), Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie (2%), Diekirch (2%), Luxembourg (1%), Grevenmacher (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	76,422 sq km / 29,507 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	389 km / 242 mi North-South 362 km / 225 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	50° 8' N; 5° 4' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Ardennes
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Ardennes.

North France-West Rhine Area	Level 3 (Parent)
Brittany Hills	Level 4 (Sibling)
Normandy Hills	Level 4 (Sibling)
North-Central France	Level 4 (Sibling)
Ardennes	Level 4
West Belgium Area	Level 5 (Child)
Northern Ardennes	Level 5 (Child)
Southern Ardennes	Level 5 (Child)
Eifel	Level 5 (Child)
Burgundy Hills	Level 4 (Sibling)
Hunsruck	Level 4 (Sibling)
Vosges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Jura	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Ardennes

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Hohe Acht	747	2451	Eifel
2.	Signal de Botrange	694	2277	Northern Ardennes
3.	Baraque de Fraiture	652	2139	Southern Ardennes
4.	Michelsberg	588	1929	Northern Ardennes
5.	Meisenberg	584	1916	Northern Ardennes
6.	Kneiff	560	1837	Southern Ardennes
7.	Buurgplaatz	559	1834	Southern Ardennes
8.	Napoléonsgaard	554	1818	Southern Ardennes
9.	Chêne Simon	545+	1788+	Southern Ardennes
10.	Ronnebësch	537	1762	Southern Ardennes
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Hohe Acht	747	2451	Eifel
2.	Signal de Botrange	694	2277	Northern Ardennes
3.	Baraque de Fraiture	652	2139	Southern Ardennes
4.	Pottelberg	157	515	West Belgium Area

Photos of Peaks in the Ardennes

Signal de Botrange A tower marks the general area of Botrange, highest point in Belgium (1993-07-09).	Kneiff The summit stone of Kneiff, the disputed highpoint of Luxembourg, on a farm road in rural Northern Luxembourg. The other summit, Buurgplaatz is only 0.5 km away (2011-06-27). Photo by Andrew Rankine. Click here for larger-size photo.
Buurgplaatz The summit of Buurgplaatz, arguably the highest peak in Luxembourg. Its rival to the illustrious claim, Kneiff, lies 0.5 km away along route 7 (2011-06-27). Photo by Andrew Rankine. Click here for larger-size photo.	Vaalserberg The roof of the Netherlands, Vaalserberg, and tower behind to mark the tripoint (called Drielandenpunt) of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany (2011-06-27). Photo by Andrew Rankine. Click here for larger-size photo.
Reesberg Reesberg (2014-08-08). Photo by Father Pancake. Click here for larger-size photo.	Brussels High Point Brussels High Point (2013-08-30). Photo by Father Pancake. Click here for larger-size photo.
Groot-Valkenisse Groot-Valkenisse (2015-08-03). Photo by Father Pancake. Click here for larger-size photo.	Venakkerbosch Venakkerbosch (2014-12-28). Photo by Father Pancake. Click here for larger-size photo.

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