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Bavarian Alps

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Also known as Bayerische Alpen

alpine section in Bavaria, Germany, as well as Vorarlberg and Tyrol, Austria

Key facts

Peak
Zugspitze
Elevation
2,962 m (9,718 ft)
Coordinates
47°18′43″N 10°21′22″E / 47.31194°N 10.35611°E / 47.31194; 10.35611
Native name
Bayerische Alpen ( German )
Countries
Germany Austria
States
Bavaria Tyrol / Vorarlberg
Parent range
Northern Limestone Alps
Borders on
Western Rhaetian Alps North Tyrol Limestone Alps Northern Salzburg Alps
Orogeny
Alpine orogeny

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
alpine section
Country
Austria
Located in
Vorarlberg
Elevation
2962
Highest point
Zugspitze
Image
Germany hike.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Bavarian Alps
located in/on physical feature
Alps
Commons category
Bavarian Alps
hashtag
BavarianAlps
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Encyclopedic overview

The Bavarian Alps (German: Bayerische Alpen, pronounced [ˈbaɪ(ə)ʁɪʃə ˈʔalpn̩]) is a collective name for several mountain ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps within the German state of Bavaria.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bavarian Alps” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

On the map

2 mapped locations