Mont Soleil Explained

Mont Soleil
Elevation M:	1291
Prominence M:	221
Prominence Ref:	^[1]
Parent Peak:	Mont Racine
Location:	Bern, Switzerland
Range:	Jura Mountains
Map:	Switzerland
Coordinates:	47.1653°N 6.9889°W

Mont Soleil is a mountain of the Jura Mountains, located north of Saint-Imier in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The summit reaches to and the area can be easily accessed with, a funicular from Saint-Imier, reaching a height of .

An observatory is located on the summit as well as several wind turbines and a solar park: the former with their presence, the highest is high, and noise introduced an element of disturbance in the landscape.^[2]

See also

• List of mountains of Switzerland accessible by public transport

External links

• Mont Soleil on Hikr
• Funiculaire Saint-Imier-Mont-Soleil

Notes and References

1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is located north of Les Convers at 1,070 metres.
2. News: Im Berner Jura auf dem Mont Crosin befindet sich der älteste und grösste Windpark der Schweiz . In the Jura Mountains on Mount Crosin one finds the oldest and largest Windpark of Switzerland . Neuenschwander, Pia . "Er dreht, dreht, weht der Wind" . 18 September 2015 . Horizonte Aargau . 31 August 2014 . German.