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Southern Ardennes

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Baraque de Fraiture (652 m/2139 ft)
Countries	France (136%), Belgium (44%), Luxembourg (19%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	Ross Dependency (Claim) (33%), Adélie Land (Claim) (29%), Walloon Region (22%), Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie (4%), Diekirch (4%), Luxembourg (3%), Grevenmacher (2%), British Antarctic Territory (2%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	26,835 sq km / 10,361 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	233 km / 145 mi North-South 211 km / 131 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	49° 26' N; 5° 3' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Southern Ardennes
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Ardennes	Level 4 (Parent)
West Belgium Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
Northern Ardennes	Level 5 (Sibling)
Southern Ardennes	Level 5
Eifel	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Southern Ardennes

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range6
1.	Baraque de Fraiture	652	2139
2.	Kneiff	560	1837
3.	Buurgplaatz	559	1834
4.	Napoléonsgaard	554	1818
5.	Chêne Simon	545+	1788+
6.	Ronnebësch	537	1762
7.	La Croix Scaille	500+	1640+
8.	Steekammchen	457	1499
9.	Bois de Vaudeville	451	1480
10.	La Borne de Fer	450	1476
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Southern Ardennes

Kneiff

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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.
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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.
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