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Cap Canaille, France, 394 m above Mediterranean sea is the highest sea cliff in France; The Kame, Foula, Shetland, 376 m above the North Atlantic, second highest sea cliff in the UK; St John's Head, Hoy, Orkney, 335m above the North Atlantic, highest purely vertical sea cliff in the UK [1] Hangman cliffs, Devon 318 m above Bristol Channel is ...
Topography of Europe. This article lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of Europe defined physiographically. Not all points in this list are mountains or hills, some are simply elevations that are not distinguishable as geographical features.
Cap Canaille (French pronunciation: [kap kanaj]) is a headland in Calanques National Park in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in Southern France, on the Mediterranean coast between the towns of Cassis and La Ciotat. It is about 27 km (16 mi) southeast of the city centre of Marseille. At 394 m (1,293 ft), it is the highest sea cliff of France.
It is named after Mont Blanc (4,808 metres (15,774 ft)), the highest point in western Europe and the European Union. Because of its considerable overall altitude, a large proportion of the massif is covered by glaciers , which include the Mer de Glace and the Miage Glacier – the longest glaciers in France and Italy, respectively.
The EU's highest peak is Mont Blanc in the Graian Alps, 4,810.45 metres (15,782 ft) above sea level. [3] The lowest point (man-made) in the EU is Tagebau Hambach, 293 m (961 ft) below sea level, Niederzier, North Rhine-Westphalia,
Category: Cliffs of Europe by country. 2 languages. ... Cliffs of Metropolitan France (6 P) G. Cliffs of Germany (2 P) I. Cliffs of Iceland (1 C) L. Cliffs of ...
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The above European Top 10 list excludes peaks on lands and islands that are part of European countries but are outside or on the limits of the European continent and its tectonic and geographic boundaries, like Teide (with prominence of 3,715 m, 12,188 ft), Tenerife Island, Spain; Belukha peak of the Altai Mountains in Russia (with prominence of 3,343 m, 10,968 ft); and Piton des Neiges (with ...