- Montagnes Noires
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- Not to be confused with the Montagne Noire of Languedoc-Rousillon
The Montagnes Noires (French: 'the black mountains'), also known as the Montagne Noire (French: 'the black mountain')[1] and in Breton as Meneziou Du[2] are an east-west oriented range of hills in Brittany centred around 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
- ^ Carte Geologique de la France, 1:1,000,000 scale, 5th edn, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres
- ^ http://www.geobreizh.com/breizh/bre/kartenn-douaroniezh.asp
- ^ http://www.geobreizh.com/breizh/fra/chiffres-monts.asp
- ^ Collins Road Atlas France 1988, based on IGN mapping 1988
- ^ http://www.geobreizh.com/breizh/fra/carte-geographie.asp
- ^ Carte Geologique de la France, 1:1,000,000 scale, 5th edn, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres
Categories:- Mountain ranges of France
- Brittany
- Brittany geography stubs
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