Berchtesgaden Alps
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mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps
Key facts
- Peak
- Hochkönig
- Elevation
- 2,941 m (9,649 ft)
- Length
- 45 km (28 mi)
- Area
- 1,089.0 km (420.5 mi )
- Countries
- Germany and Austria
- States
- Bavaria and Salzburg
- Parent range
- Northern Limestone Alps , Northern Salzburg Alps
- Rock age
- Triassic
- Rock types
- Wetterstein limestone , Ramsau Dolomite and Dachstein limestone
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Bavaria
- Elevation
- 2941
- Highest point
- Hochkönig
- Image
- Herbst in den Berchtesgadener Alpen.jpg
- Length
- 45
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- mountain range
- Northern Salzburg Alps
- Commons category
- Berchtesgaden Alps
- topic's main category
- Category:Berchtesgaden Alps
- time period
- Triassic
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Encyclopedic overview
The Berchtesgaden Alps (German: Berchtesgadener Alpen, pronounced [bɛʁçtəsˈɡaːdənɐ ˈʔalpn̩]) are a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps, named after the market town of Berchtesgaden located in the centre. It is crossed by the Austria–Germany border: the central part belongs to the Berchtesgadener Land district of southeastern Bavaria, Germany, while the adjacent area in the north, east and south is part of the Austrian state of Salzburg (Salzburger Land).
Geography
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