| Apert | |
| Elevation: | (631.3disp=output onlyNaNdisp=output only) |
| Range: | Volcanic Eifel |
| Listing: | Mountains and hills of the Eifel |
| Country: | Germany |
| State: | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Map: | Germany Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Coordinates: | 50.2008°N 6.5608°W |
| Geology: | Slate |
| Fetchwikidata: | ALL |
Apert is a forested mountain,, in the western Volcanic Eifel, a mountain range in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It rises about two kilometres south of Büdesheim and is the highest point in the parish (Gemarkung).
The region is part of the Rhenish Massif; the basement of the Apert consists of the fossil-rich Büdesheim Slate and Flinz, a rock of the lower Upper Devonian.[1] Fossils of the following biological orders have been found (sometimes as index fossils): Buchiola, Cheiloceras, Goniatites, Clymeniida, Orthoceras and Manticoceras.[2]