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Coordinates: 55°59′33″N 09°47′45″E / 55.99250°N 9.79583°E / 55.99250; 9.79583
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| photo_caption = One of the 3 Bronze Age burial mounds on Yding Skovhøj
| photo_caption = One of the 3 Bronze Age burial mounds on Yding Skovhøj
| elevation_m = 170.77
| elevation_m = 170.77
| elevation_ref = (172.54 m including burial mound)
| elevation_ref = (172.54&nbsp;m including burial mound)<ref>{{Cite book | title = Der er et yndigt løb
| first = René | last = Preuthun | publisher = Informations Forlag | year = 2015 | isbn = 9788775147939 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=MK_pDAAAQBAJ&q=%22Yding+Skovh%C3%B8j%22+m&pg=PT103 | access-date = 2018-04-27 }}</ref>
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| location = [[Horsens municipality]], [[Denmark]]
| location = [[Horsens municipality]], [[Denmark]]
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'''Yding Skovhøj''' in [[Horsens municipality]], [[Jutland]] is one of [[Denmark]]'s highest points.
'''Yding Skovhøj''' in [[Horsens municipality]], [[Jutland]] is one of [[Denmark]]'s highest points. Its height is 172.54&nbsp;m above sea level when the height of one of the [[Bronze Age]] [[burial mounds]] built on the top of the hill is included. If these man-made structures are ignored the hill's highest point is at 170.77&nbsp;m, which is 9&nbsp;cm lower than Denmark's highest natural point, [[Møllehøj]] at 170.86&nbsp;m. [[Ejer Bavnehøj]] is Denmark's third highest natural point at 170.35&nbsp;m.


==Features==
Yding Forest covers the hill. Within the forest there are three Bronze Age burial mounds. ''Høj'', from the [[Old Norse]] word ''haugr'', can be translated to mean hill or mound. The highest point is the central mound. The eastern burial mound is 171.73&nbsp;m high and the western one is 171.41&nbsp;m high.
Its height is {{convert|172.54|m|abbr=on}} above sea level when the height of one of the [[Bronze Age]] [[burial mounds]] built on the top of the hill is included. If these man-made structures are ignored the hill's highest point is at {{convert|170.77|m|abbr=on}}, which is {{convert|9|cm|abbr=on}} lower than Denmark's highest natural point, [[Møllehøj]] at {{convert|170.86|m|abbr=on}}. [[Ejer Bavnehøj]] is Denmark's third highest natural point at {{convert|170.35|m|abbr=on}}.


Yding Forest covers the hill. Within the forest there are three Bronze Age burial mounds. ''Høj'', from the [[Old Norse]] word ''haugr'', can be translated to mean hill or mound. The highest point is the central mound. The eastern burial mound is {{convert|171.73|m|abbr=on}} high and the western one is {{convert|171.41|m|abbr=on}} high.
==History==


==History==
Ejer Bavnehøj had been measured as the highest point in Denmark in the mid-nineteenth century but in 1941 new measurements established that the top of one of Yding Skovhøj's burial mounds was higher. This started a heated discussion about whether man-made structures could be counted as part of Denmark's highest point which finished with Professor N.E. Nørlund defining the highest point as being the highest natural point, without including the height of man-made piles of earth. As Ejer Bavnehøj was higher than the highest natural point of Yding Skovhøj it was then regarded as being Denmark's highest point until February 2005 when researchers discovered that in reality [[Møllehøj]] was slightly taller.
Ejer Bavnehøj had been measured as the highest point in Denmark in the mid-nineteenth century but in 1941 new measurements established that the top of one of Yding Skovhøj's burial mounds was higher. This started a heated discussion about whether man-made structures could be counted as part of Denmark's highest point which finished with Professor N.E. Nørlund defining the highest point as being the highest natural point, without including the height of man-made piles of earth. As Ejer Bavnehøj was higher than the highest natural point of Yding Skovhøj it was then regarded as being Denmark's highest point until February 2005 when researchers discovered that in reality [[Møllehøj]] was slightly taller.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:14, 2 May 2023

Yding Skovhøj
One of the 3 Bronze Age burial mounds on Yding Skovhøj
Highest point
Elevation170.77 m (560.3 ft)(172.54 m including burial mound)[1]
Coordinates55°59′33″N 09°47′45″E / 55.99250°N 9.79583°E / 55.99250; 9.79583
Geography
Yding Skovhøj is located in Denmark
Yding Skovhøj
Yding Skovhøj
Location of the hill in Denmark
LocationHorsens municipality, Denmark

Yding Skovhøj in Horsens municipality, Jutland is one of Denmark's highest points.

Features

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Its height is 172.54 m (566.1 ft) above sea level when the height of one of the Bronze Age burial mounds built on the top of the hill is included. If these man-made structures are ignored the hill's highest point is at 170.77 m (560.3 ft), which is 9 cm (3.5 in) lower than Denmark's highest natural point, Møllehøj at 170.86 m (560.6 ft). Ejer Bavnehøj is Denmark's third highest natural point at 170.35 m (558.9 ft).

Yding Forest covers the hill. Within the forest there are three Bronze Age burial mounds. Høj, from the Old Norse word haugr, can be translated to mean hill or mound. The highest point is the central mound. The eastern burial mound is 171.73 m (563.4 ft) high and the western one is 171.41 m (562.4 ft) high.

History

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Ejer Bavnehøj had been measured as the highest point in Denmark in the mid-nineteenth century but in 1941 new measurements established that the top of one of Yding Skovhøj's burial mounds was higher. This started a heated discussion about whether man-made structures could be counted as part of Denmark's highest point which finished with Professor N.E. Nørlund defining the highest point as being the highest natural point, without including the height of man-made piles of earth. As Ejer Bavnehøj was higher than the highest natural point of Yding Skovhøj it was then regarded as being Denmark's highest point until February 2005 when researchers discovered that in reality Møllehøj was slightly taller.

References

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  1. ^ Preuthun, René (2015). Der er et yndigt løb. Informations Forlag. ISBN 9788775147939. Retrieved 2018-04-27.