La Presta Asphalt Mine
La Presta Asphalt Mine is a former asphalt mine in the Val-de-Travers region of the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The mine was exploited until 1986 and asphalt was exported in most of Europe and in the United States.Photo: Ludo29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Cave
- Description: disused asphalt mine in Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Also known as: “La Presta asphalt mine” and “Mines d’Asphalte”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include La Presta Mines d’asphalte railway station and Couvet railway station.
La Presta Mines d’asphalte railway station
Railway stop
La Presta Mines d'asphalte railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Val-de-Travers, in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. It is an intermediate stop and a request stop on the standard gauge Travers–Buttes line of Transports publics Neuchâtelois. La Presta Mines d’asphalte railway station is situated 180 metres west of La Presta Asphalt Mine.
Couvet railway station
Railway station
Couvet railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Val-de-Travers, in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Travers–Buttes line of Transports publics Neuchâtelois. Couvet railway station is situated 1½ km southwest of La Presta Asphalt Mine.
Travers railway station
Railway station
Travers railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Val-de-Travers, in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge Neuchâtel–Pontarlier line of Swiss Federal Railways and the Travers–Buttes line of Transports publics Neuchâtelois. Travers railway station is situated 2 km northeast of La Presta Asphalt Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Couvet and Travers.
Couvet
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Couvet was a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers merged to form the municipality of Val-de-Travers.
Travers
Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
Travers was a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers merged to form Val-de-Travers.
Môtiers
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Môtiers is a village near Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It was also a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. Môtiers is situated 4 km southwest of La Presta Asphalt Mine.
La Presta Asphalt Mine
- Categories: show mine and landform
- Location: Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.93063° or 46° 55′ 50″ northLongitude
6.65668° or 6° 39′ 24″ eastOpen location code
8FR8WMJ4+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1802372759OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q3314907
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Swiss German—“La Presta Asphalt Mine” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Asfaltový důl”
- Czech: “La Presta Asphalt Mine”
- Esperanto: “Asfaltaj minejoj en Travers”
- French: “mines d’asphalte de la Presta”
- French: “Mines d’asphalte de la Presta”
- German: “Asphaltbergwerk La Presta”
- Swiss German: “Asphaltmine”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mines d’Asphalte and Entrée inférieure des mines.
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