The Montagne Noire (
Occitan: Montanha Negra, known as the 'Black Mountain' in English[1][2][3]) is a mountain range in central southern
France. It is located at the southwestern end of the
Massif Central at the juncture of the
Tarn,
Hérault and
Aude departments. Its highest point is the
Pic de Nore at 1,210 metres (3,970 ft).
The
GSSP for the
Tournaisian is near the summit of La Serre hill, in the
commune of
Cabrières, in the Montagne Noire.[4] 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
Fontès.
Map of Montagne Noire
References
^Wraxall, Nathaniel William. 1784. A tour through the western, southern, and interior provinces of France. London: Charles Dilly, p. 111.
^Boyer F., S. Krylatov, J. Le Fevre, & D. Stoppel. 1967. "Le Dévonien supérieur et la limite dévono-carbonifère en Montagne Noire. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Devonian System, Calgary, Canada, Sept. 6–8, 1967. Calgary: Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists, p. 26.
^Ford, Ford Madox. 1962. The Bodley Head Ford Madox Ford: The Good Soldier. Selected Memories. Poems. London: Bodley Head, p. 26.