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editVaalserberg may not be the highest point in the Netherlands in the future.
As mentioned on http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saba:
Uiteindelijk bereikte Saba (samen met Bonaire en Sint Eustatius) op 11 oktober 2006 overeenstemming met Nederland over een nieuwe status als 'bijzondere gemeente' van Nederland. Deze moet aan het einde van 2008 ingaan.
Depending on what being a "bijzondere gemeente" exaclty means, the new highest point of the Netherlands is on Saba:
Height
editI've edited the page to reflect that the height listed is height compared to NAP, which isn't the same thing as the height compared to surrounding ground. I'll be looking for a specific source stating this--so far, all I've found are the Dutch wikipage, which deals with an equal lack of sources as this page, some wiki mirrors and a few other sites, such as [1], which I doubt are reliable enough.
If anyone has a more reliable source stating the height is compared to NAP, or a reliable source giving the height compared to surrounding ground, please add them. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 18:27, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
"The Vaalserberg ("Mount of Vaals")" - etymology?
editNeeds to be an better etymology. And if "Mount of Valls" is meant to mean something like the Wal's mountain then it needs both to be said in an English word order, and also an citation of it's etymology should be listed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:411:1600:226:8FF:FEDC:FD74 (talk) 16:36, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
- Vaals is a nearby town. Zacwill (talk) 16:57, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
What "French-speaking side" - misleading info...
editIt reads:
On the Belgian side, the tripoint borders the region of Walloonia, including both the regular French-speaking side as well as the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
Eventhough German-speaking bits of Belgium have all been annexed into Walloonia and officially Frenchified, is Vaaslserberg truly bordered by an 'French-speaking side'? Seems both somewhat ungrounded and misleading to say it is, and rather needless too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:411:1600:226:8FF:FEDC:FD74 (talk) 16:47, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
Hill or mountain?
editI started this discussion in response to a recent edit by an IP user who claimed the Vaalserberg is a hill and not a mountain.
I do not know the local definition of a mountain but being in three counties at once could complicate it considering they could have different definitions which could also vary by language. There is the chance that the Vaalserberg is a mountain by Dutch standards given the Netherlands is known for being a flat country. There is also the chance that the IP user is thinking in terms of the standards of an English speaking country e.g. in the United Kingdom a mountain appears to be defined as being more than 600 metres in height. This definition appears to be popular in the British Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man, although I am not sure if it is official, where Snaefell is often described as being the island's only mountain and it is also the only point there to be over 600 metres. But then there is the possiblility some English-speaking readers are more familiar with an American definition of which I am uncertain. Tk420 (talk) 21:58, 30 November 2021 (UTC)