It is much lower than the other Hercynian massif; its highest point, the Mont des Avaloirs, on the eastern edge of the massif, attains an elevation of 1,368 feet (417 metres).
Post-mission analysis of samples of the material show that it is primarily composed of fine-grained material and scattered rock fragments that were presumably spread across the valley floor from the south massif at some point.
The feature, an inselberg known as Mulanje massif, is the highest point in south-central Africa.
He could well hang on to the lead until Wednesday's mountain stage through the Massif Central but, as he pointed out, when it does leave his shoulders he will probably pull on green and, failing that, he will be back in the rainbow stripes.
Everest and its surrounding peaks are part of a large mountain massif that forms a focal point, or knot, of this tectonic action in the Great Himalayas.
Madagascar's highest peaks rise from three prominent highland massifs: Maromokotro 2876 m in the Tsaratanana Massif is the island's highest point, followed by Boby Peak 2658 m in the Andringitra Massif, and Tsiafajavona 2643 m in the Ankaratra Massif.
Rila massif, High Rhodope, reaches its highest point at Musala (formerly Stalin Peak), 9,596 feet.
The mountain of Avaloirs in Mayenne reaches an elevation of 1,368 feet (417 metres) and is the highest point in the Armorican Massif.
AFTER we left Gyalthang, we spent two days getting to the trailhead village of Xidang, stopping first to view the Kawa Karpo massif at sunrise from the lookout point of Feilaisi.
The western part of the peninsula is covered by two mountain ranges: the Khibiny Mountains and the Lovozero Massif; the former contains the highest point of the peninsula Mount Chasnachorr, the height of which is 1191 m.
