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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 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.
Nord High Point The kind gentleman who showed us the exact location of the Nord High Point, in his field (2014-01-22). Photo by Susan Mackenzie. Click here for larger-size photo.

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