Geißfuß
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The Geißfuß is a subpeak of Wegenköpfe in the Allgäu Alps in Bavaria, Germany.
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- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Oberstdorf
- Elevation
- 1981
- Image
- Oberer Gaisalpsee as seen from Am Gängele.jpg
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- name
- Gaisfuß
- Commons category
- Geißfuß (Berg)
- topographic prominence
- 43
- topographic isolation
- 0.30
- mountain range
- Allgäu Alps
- parent peak
- Gundkopf
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- Origin of name
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The Geißfuß is a subpeak of Wegenköpfe in the Allgäu Alps in Bavaria, Germany.
==Origin of name== The name Geißfuß literally translates from German as "goat's foot". However, as early as 1628 the mountain was referred to as Genßfuß, an obsolete spelling of . This is theorized to derive from the appearance of its southwestern flank.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Geißfuß” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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