Mont Soleil

Mont Soleil

View near the summit
Highest point
Elevation 1,291 m (4,236 ft)
Prominence 221 m (725 ft) [1]
Parent peak Mont Racine
Coordinates 47°09′55″N 6°59′20″E / 47.16528°N 6.98889°E / 47.16528; 6.98889Coordinates: 47°09′55″N 6°59′20″E / 47.16528°N 6.98889°E / 47.16528; 6.98889
Geography
Mont Soleil

Location in Switzerland

Location Bern, Switzerland
Parent range Jura Mountains

Mont Soleil is a mountain of the Jura Mountains, located north of Saint-Imier in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The summit reaches to 1,291 metres (4,236 ft) and the area can be easily accessed by a funicular from Saint-Imier, reaching a height of 1,180 m (3,870 ft).

An observatory is located on the summit as well as several wind turbines and a solar park: the former with their presence, the highest is 150 m (490 ft) high, and noise introduced a heavy element of disturbance in the landscape.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is located north of Les Convers at 1,070 metres.
  2. ↑ Neuenschwander, Pia (31 August 2014). "Im Berner Jura auf dem Mont Crosin befindet sich der älteste und grösste Windpark der Schweiz" [In the Jura Mountains on Mount Crosin one finds the oldest and largest Windpark of Switzerland] (in German). Horizonte Aargau. "Er dreht, dreht, weht der Wind". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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