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'''Crêt de la Neige''' is the highest peak in the [[Jura mountains]] and the department of [[Ain]] (number 01) in [[France]]. It is 1717.6m above sea level and its [[Topographic prominence|prominence]] is 1230 m.

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| photo_caption = Le Crêt de la Neige in Thoiry (Ain)

| elevation_m = 1721

| elevation_ref =<ref>Retrieved from the [[Institut géographique national|IGN]] topographic maps [http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=5.939269232487492,46.27050985322879&z=0.00013755196946958352&l=ORTHOIMAGERY.ORTHOPHOTOS$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&permalink=yes]</ref>

| prominence_m = 1266

| parent_peak =[[Mont Blanc]]

| prominence_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |title=World Ribus – North-west Europe

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| listing = Ribu

| isolation_km = 41.3

| isolation_ref = <ref>Retrieved from the [[Swisstopo]] topographic maps. The nearest point of higher elevation is northwest of the Montagne de Sous Dine.</ref>

| ___location = [[Ain]], [[Rhône-Alpes]], [[France]]

| range = [[Jura Mountains]]

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The '''Crêt de la Neige''' ({{IPA|fr|kʁɛ də la nɛʒ}}, "Snow Ridge") is the highest peak in the [[Jura Mountains]] and the department of [[Ain]] in France. Its elevation is 1720&nbsp;m above sea level (reported as 1718&nbsp;m before 2003). Its [[Topographic prominence|prominence]] is 1266&nbsp;m. It is located in the commune of [[Thoiry, Ain|Thoiry]]. In 2024, a team of researchers locates the actual highest peak in a protected area and measures its elevation at 1720.83 m, while they found the geodetic marker at Crêt de la Neige at 1718.06 m elevation.<ref>Hetényi G., Chagros A.-M., Lemke K., Maharaj A., Baron L. (2024). Détermination du point culminant du massif du Jura. Mémoires de Géologie (Lausanne), n° 51, 6 pp. [https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_74DF5BB40E91]</ref>

[[Image:Cret_De_Neige_Geneva.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Looking towards [[Geneva]] from the summit]]

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[[Image:Cret_De_Neige_GenevaCret De Neige Geneva.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Looking towards [[Geneva]] from the summit]]

Image:CrêtdeLaNeige.jpeg|Summit of the Crêt de la Neige, with [[Le Reculet]] in the background

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==References==

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[[Category:Mountains of France]]

[[Category:Mountains of Ain]]

[[Category:Mountains of Francethe Jura]]

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