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Le Tanet (Tanneck) is one of the highest peaks of the
Vosges Mountains The Vosges ( , ; ; Franconian (linguistics), Franconian and ) is a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its France–Germany border, border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the bor ...
in the department of
Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (); Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; , . is a department in the Grand Est region, France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine; its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less pop ...
,
Alsace Alsace (, ; ) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in the Grand Est administrative region of northeastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine, next to Germany and Switzerland. In January 2021, it had a population of 1,9 ...
in
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. Its height is 1292m, above the sea level and it is located about 5 km away from the Hohneck and north of the Col de la Schlucht. Near the Tanet the Route des Cretes crosses the Col de la Schlucht and the Lac Blanc. About the ridge runs the GR 5 across the border between Alsace and Lorraine. From the east the Tanet is accessible via a ski slope from the Auberge du Tanet - Seestaedtlé. Between Tanet and Gazon de Faîte (1303 m) in the north there is a raised bog, which is designated as a nature reserve ().


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Mountains of the Vosges One-thousanders of France Mountains of Haut-Rhin {{HautRhin-geo-stub