Jura Mountains
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Summary
Jura Mountains is a massif[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of massif entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,750 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canton of Vaud[3], Canton of Zürich[4], Canton of Aargau[5], Canton of Basel-Landschaft[6], Canton of Berne[7], Canton of Neuchâtel[8], Canton of Jura[9], Canton of Schaffhausen[10], Canton of Solothurn[11], Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[12], Bourgogne-Franche-Comté[13], Grand Est[14]
- Country: Switzerland[15], France[16]
- Continent: Europe[17]
- Instance of: fold and thrust belt[18]
- Made from material: sedimentary rock[19]
- Part of: Alpide belt[20]
- Commons category: Jura mountains[21]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[22]
- Highest point: Crêt de la Neige[23]
- Coordinate location: 47.2431, 6.0219[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Jura Mountains[25]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[26], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[29], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[30], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[31], The New Student's Reference Work[32], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[33], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[34], Pauly–Wissowa[35]
- Different from: Montes Jura[36], Swabian Jura[37], Kraków-Częstochowa Upland[38], Monts Jura[39], Jura[40]
- Length: 340[41]
- Area: 14,000[42]
- Width: 65[43]
- Time period: Mesozoic[44], Cenozoic[45]
- Has boundary: Swiss Plateau[46], Upper Rhine Plain[47], Belfort Gap[48], Massif de la Serre[49], Vercors Massif[50], Chartreuse Mountains[51]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Jura mountains[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Jura Mountains include Jurassic[53], a period[54]; Jura[55], a department of France[56], in France[57], founded in 1790[58]; Canton of Jura[59], a canton of Switzerland[60], in Switzerland[61], founded in 1979[62]; Late Jurassic[63], an epoch[64]; Early Jurassic[65], a series[66]; Middle Jurassic[67], an epoch[68]; Montes Jura[69], a mountain[70]; and 5778 Jurafrance[71], an asteroid[72].
Why It Matters
Jura Mountains has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[73] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[74]
Entities named for it include Jurassic[53], a period[54]; Jura[55], a department of France[56], in France[57], founded in 1790[58]; Canton of Jura[59], a canton of Switzerland[60], in Switzerland[61], founded in 1979[62]; Late Jurassic[63], an epoch[64]; Early Jurassic[65], a series[66]; and Middle Jurassic[67], an epoch[68].