Brocken topographic map
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About this map
Name: Brocken topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Brocken, Wernigerode, Landkreis Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (51.79908 10.61559 51.79918 10.61569)
Average elevation: 963 m
Minimum elevation: 701 m
Maximum elevation: 1,142 m
The Brocken, also sometimes referred to as the Blocksberg, is the highest peak of the Harz mountain range and also the highest peak of Northern Germany; it is located near Schierke in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt between the rivers Weser and Elbe. Although its elevation of 1,141 metres (3,743 ft) is below alpine dimensions, its microclimate resembles that of mountains of about 2,000 m (6,600 ft). The peak above the tree line tends to have a snow cover from September to May, and mists and fogs shroud it up to 300 days of the year. The mean annual temperature is only 2.9 °C (37.2 °F). It is the easternmost mountain in northern Germany; travelling east in a straight line, the next prominent elevation would be in the Ural Mountains in Russia.