Swiss researchers find new highest peak in Jura mountain range
The Crêt de la Neige, a French mountain not far from Geneva, has lost its title as the highest in the Jura range after a team from the University of Lausanne (UNIL) found a hitherto unknown peak, baptised “J1”. “J1 had not attracted much attention until now, probably because it is not very conspicuous and it is surrounded by trees; traditional triangulation calculation methods are based on the intervisibility of peaks,” György Hetényi, a professor at Lausanne’s Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTE) said in a statement on Monday. Читать дальше...