Papenkaule

The Papenkaule is a dry crater of a volcano that was active about 10,000 years ago. It lies north of in the mountains in . The lava which was released as the result of an explosion did not, however, flow out of the vent of the Papenkaule, but reached the surface to the west of it at the Hagelskaule and streamed southwards into the valley.
Wikipedia
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Buchenloch and Juddekirchhof.

Cave
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is a cave.

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Railway station
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is a station on the Eifel Railway in in the German state of . Its former function as an important junction station, however, has been lost with the closure of the Cross Eifel Railway and the West Eifel Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gerolstein and Pelm.

Town
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is a town in the district of , . is a local municipality of the Verbandsgemeinde . It has been approved as a Luftkurort.

Village
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is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the district in , . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Gerolstein, whose seat is in the .

Village
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Papenkaule

Latitude
50.23082° or 50° 13′ 51″ north
Longitude
6.66485° or 6° 39′ 54″ east
Elevation
480 metres (1,575 feet)
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
9F286MJ7+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 218311913
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­grass
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2855501
Wiki­data ID
Q2050615
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Satellite Map

Discover Papenkaule from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to German—“Papenkaule” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Papenkaule”
  • Dutch: “Papenkaule”
  • German: “Papenkaule”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fuchsbau and Lissingen.

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