The Nerother Kopf seen from the west on a late winter's afternoon. At the foot of the hill (left centre) is the village of Neroth; the ruins of Freudenkoppe castle are hidden by beeches
Near Neroth; Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)
Features
Ruined castle of Freudenkoppe and Mühlstein Cave
Parent range
Volcanic Eifel (Eifel)
Geology
Age of rock
ca. 700,000 years old
Mountain type
Volcanic cinder cone
Type of rock
Basalt
The Nerother Kopf is the conical hill of an extinct volcano (a cinder cone) near Neroth in the Eifel mountains. It is 651.7 m above sea level (NHN)[1] and situated in the county of Vulkaneifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
^ abMap service of the Landscape Information System of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Office (Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)
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