The Montagne Noire (; , known as the 'Black Mountain' in English) is a mountain range in central southern

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. It is located at the southwestern end of the Massif Central at the juncture of the Tarn,

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and

Aude Aude ( ; ) is a Departments of France, department in Southern France, located in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region and named after the river Aude (river), Aude. The departmental council also calls it " ...

departments. Its highest point is the Pic de Nore at . The mountain is within the Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park. The

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for the

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is near the summit of La Serre hill, in the commune of Cabrières, in the Montagne Noire.The GSSP was published by Paproth ''et al.'' (1991) The GSSP is in a section on the southern side of the hill, in an 80 cm deep trench, about 125 m south of the summit, 2.5 km southwest of the village of Cabrières and 2.5 km north of the hamlet of

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File:MC Montagne Noire.jpg, Location in the Massif Central File:Montagne Noire.JPG, The Pic de Nore, the highest point in the range File:Annotated Satellite Picture of Montagne Noire.png, Annotated satellite picture

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* Landforms of Aude Landforms of Hérault Landforms of Tarn (department) Noire Subranges of the Massif Central {{Occitanie-geo-stub