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The Barmsteine are two rock towers, 841 and 851 metres above sea level, in the northernmost part of the Hasel Mountains in the Bavarian Alps. They rise above the Austrian town of Hallein, and lie on the border between Salzburger Land in Austria and Berchtesgadener Land in Germany.

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Instance of
rock pinnacle
Country
Austria
Located in
Hallein
Area
51000
Elevation
780
Image
Barmsteine From Dürrnberg.jpg
Width
60
Length
850
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topographic isolation
0.8
mountain range
Berchtesgaden Alps
Commons category
Barmsteine
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The Barmsteine are two rock towers, 841 and 851 metres above sea level, in the northernmost part of the Hasel Mountains in the Bavarian Alps. They rise above the Austrian town of Hallein, and lie on the border between Salzburger Land in Austria and Berchtesgadener Land in Germany.

== Geology == Geologically, the pinnacles have given their name to the so-called Barmstein limestone (Barmsteinkalk), a turbidite sequence which is part of the Oberalm Formation in the Upper Jurassic rock layer.

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