Bavarian Alps
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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
- Has part
- Chiemgau Alps
- 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
- has boundary
- Northern Salzburg 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.
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