Selter (hills)
Selter | |
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Overview map: Selter roughly lower centre, Ith and Hils to the left of it with the Wallensen Basin in between
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Highest point | |
Peak | Hohe Egge (Selter) |
Elevation | 395 m above NN |
Dimensions | |
Length | 11 km (6.8 mi) |
Geography | |
Country | Germany |
State | Lower Saxony |
Range coordinates | 51°54′18″N 9°53′32″E / 51.905°N 9.89222°ECoordinates: 51°54′18″N 9°53′32″E / 51.905°N 9.89222°E |
Parent range | Leine Uplands |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Middle Jurassic, Upper Jurassic |
Type of rock | limestone, marl, claystone, siltstone, sandstone |
The Selter is a ridge, up to 395 m above NN,[1] in the Lower Saxon Hills in the districts of Hildesheim, Holzminden and Northeim in the German state of Lower Saxony.
Geography[]
Location[]
The Selter is a narrow ridge in the Alfeld Uplands, part of the Leine Uplands in the Lower Saxon Hills. It is about 11 kilometres long and lies in the rectangle formed by the villages of Alfeld, Freden, Kreiensen and Delligsen. It lies between Delligsen to the northwest, to the north, Freden to the east, to the southeast, to the south-southeast, Naensen to the south, and to the southwest and to the west. Its virtual centre lies near Freden.
Hills[]
Amongst the hills of the Selter are the following − sorted by height in metres above sea level (NN)[1]
- Hohe Egge (395.0 m)
- Kohlberg (ca. 380 m)
- Thödingsberg (ca. 366 m)
- Nollen (300.0 m)
- Hasenberg (ca. 290 m)
- Spielberg (ca. 290 m)
- Ziegenrücken (ca. 260 m)
References[]
Categories:
- Central Uplands
- Ridges of Lower Saxony
- Hildesheim (district)
- Holzminden (district)
- Northeim (district)
- Natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands