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THE last survey of the Austrian Alps, we learn from the Proc. R.G.S., has already led to some important, if not altogether unexpected results. Thus the Marmolata, the highest dlomite, is reduced from 11,464 feet to 11,016 feet. The Antelao comes next, reaching, according to the new Italian survey, 10,874 feet. Mr. D. Freshfield pointed out in 1875, in his “Italian Alps,” that the two highest points of the Primiero group do not differ by 159 metres, as then indicated in the Government survey, but are almost equal in height. The new measurements show a difference of only 16 feet between them, and reverse the advantage. The figures are subjoined:—
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Geographical Notes . Nature 38, 280–281 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/038280a0
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