Petit Ballon

Petit Ballon
The view of the Petit Ballon from Hohneck
Highest point
Elevation	1,272 m (4,173 ft)
Prominence	147 m (482 ft) [1]
Coordinates	47°58′50″N 7°07′34″E / 47.98056°N 7.12611°ECoordinates: 47°58′50″N 7°07′34″E / 47.98056°N 7.12611°E
Naming
Translation	The Little Balloon
Geography
Petit Ballon France
Location	Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
Parent range	Vosges Mountains

The Petit Ballon (German: Kleiner Belchen) or Little Belchen,^[2] is one of the highest peaks of the Vosges Mountains in the department of Haut-Rhin, Alsace in France. Its height is 1272m, above the sea level and it is located about 5 km away from the village of Wasserbourg. The Rothenbrunnen mountain hut is located 500m below. A car park is a further 500m away.

The Col du Petit Ballon (elevation 1,163 m (3,816 ft)) passes close to the summit.

The mountain is part of the so-called Belchen System, a group of mountains with the name "Belchen" (in German) that may have been part of a Celtic sun calendar.

References

1. Le Petit Ballon, web-page on www.peakbagger.com
2. Chevrier, Jean-François. From Basel - Herzog & de Meuron, Basel: Birkhäuser, 2016, p. 54.

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