Sophienhöhe
Silvia Inzoli
Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
The Sophienhöhe is an artificial hill created by tailings of the lignite open pit mine of Tagebau Hambach (North Rhine-Westphalia), starting from 1978. Covering about 13 km2, it is the largest artificial hill worldwide. The highest point of the Sophienhöhe is at 301.8 m asl, while the lowest point in Tagebau Hambach is at 293 bsl (lowest surface point in Europe).
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Silvia Inzoli (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Image
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JPG
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2.4 MB
Aspect
2251:1500
Width
2251 px
Height
1500 px
Coordinates
50.9277, 6.4469
Tint
Brilliant blue
Submitted
16 February 2015
Taken
October 2014
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