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. Until now, two peaks in the French part of the Jura, Crêt de la Neige and Reculet, at 1,718 metres above sea level, have battled for the title of highest point in the 360-kilometre Jura massif along the French-Swiss border. Topographical maps still differ on this point today, writes UNIL. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A team from ISTE decided to find out for sure. “I had spotted a contour line on one of the maps that was ...