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Baltia Hill – Highest Point of Belgium

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Baltia Hill – Highest Point of Belgium

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Baltia Hill – Highest Point of Belgium

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    1. Pleasure tour 12: "The great Vennrunde" Mont Rigi - hiking in East Belgium

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    Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    January 6, 2023

    Built in 1923, this hill marks the highest point in Belgium (Botrange signal - 694 meters). At six meters high, it also allows visitors to reach the symbolic altitude of 700 meters.

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      January 13, 2022

      In the immediate vicinity of the Butte Baltia, and yet often ignored, is the "Tranchot Pyramid", which is reminiscent of the French Colonel Jean-Jacques Tranchot, who drew the first geographical map of the High Fens on behalf of Napoleon.

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        The "Baltia Hill" (La butte Baltia) was built in 1923 and artificially raises the highest point in Belgium to 700.00 m. This height is also engraved on top of the pedestal. The (natural) height is officially given as 694 m. The "hill" is named after the Belgian Lieutenant General Baron Herman Baltia, who was High Commissioner and Governor General of the eastern cantons until 1925.
        Source: hikr.org/gallery/photo998587.html

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          Elevation 690 m

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          Koordinaten 50° 30′ 6″ N, 6° 5′ 33″ O; Tourist Info Le Haut Pays des Fagnes - Signal de Botrange, Rue de Botrange 133b, 4950 Waimes, Belgien

          www.waimes.be

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          Location: Waimes, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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