Apert

This article is about the mountain. For the genetic disorder, see Apert syndrome.

Apert is a forested mountain, 631.3 m above sea level (NHN), in the western Volcanic Eifel, a mountain range in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It rises about two kilometres south of Büdesheim and is the highest point in the parish (Gemarkung).

Apert
Apert
Highest point
Elevation	631.3 m above sea level (NHN) (2,071 ft) [1]
Listing	Mountains and hills of the Eifel
Coordinates	50°12′03″N 6°33′39″E
Geography
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Parent range	Volcanic Eifel
Geology
Rock type	Slate

Geology

The region is part of the Rhenish Massif; the basement of the Apert consists of the fossil-rich Büdesheim Slate and Flinz, a rock of the lower Upper Devonian.^[2] Fossils of the following biological orders have been found (sometimes as index fossils): Buchiola, Cheiloceras, Goniatites, Clymeniida, Orthoceras and Manticoceras.^[3]