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Hallstätter Glacier
The Hallstätter Glacier () (formerly also called the ''Karleisfeld'' or Karl Icefield) is the largest glacier in the Dachstein Mountains. It lies immediately beneath the northern foot of the Dachstein itself and runs down to the Eissee lake below the Simony Hut at a height of . To the east the Hallstätter Glacier is bounded by the High Gjaidstein. Firmly sealed off at its western snout by the Schöberl, , it is bordered in the west by the eastern flank of the Hohes Kreuz Hohes Kreuz () is a former municipality in the Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany. The municipality was created in 1991 by merging the municipalities of Bischhagen, Mengelrode, Siemerode, and Streitholz. On 1 January 2024 it became part of the town H ... ridge, running from south to north, which reaches a height of . In its upper third the glacier flows around a prominent landmark, the ''Eisstein''. At its head in the south it is also bordered by the Hunerkogel and the Dirndln.Federal Office of Weights and Meas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dachstein Mountains
The Dachstein Mountains () are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps. The term is used by the Austrian Alpine Club in its classification of the Eastern Alps as one of the 24 sub-ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps (AVE No. 14). The ''Dachstein'' range includes: * The Dachstein Massif proper with its highest peak, the Hoher Dachstein () * Grimming () in the east to the upper Styrian Enns valley * Sarstein () in the north at the other bank of the River Traun Extent The Dachstein Mountains are bordered as follows: * to the northeast by the '' Totes Gebirge'', which is separated by the line from Sankt Agatha on the Hallstättersee – Pötschenhöhe – Bad Aussee – Kainischtraun – Bad Mitterndorf – Klachau – Grimmingbach to the River Enns * to the south by the '' Rottenmanner und Wölzer Tauern'' and the '' Niedere Tauern'', which are separated by the River Enns, roughly from Untergrimming to its confluence with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoher Dachstein
Hoher Dachstein () is a strongly karstic mountain in central Austria and the second-highest mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps. It is situated at the border of Upper Austria and Styria, and is the highest point in each of those states. Parts of the massif also lie in the state of Salzburg, leading to the mountain being referred to as the ''Drei-Länder-Berg'' ("three-state mountain"). The Dachstein massif covers an area of around with dozens of peaks above 2,500 m, the highest of which are in the southern and southwestern areas. The main summit of the Hoher Dachstein is at an elevation of . Seen from the north, the Dachstein massif is dominated by glaciers with rocky summits rising beyond them. By contrast, to the south, the mountain drops almost vertically to the valley floor. Geology The geology of the Dachstein massif is dominated by the ''Dachstein-Kalk'' Formation ("Dachstein limestone"), dating from Triassic times. In common with other karstic areas, the Dachs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |