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Mädelegabel

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The Mädelegabel is a 2,645 metre high mountain, made of main dolomite, in the Allgäu Alps near Oberstdorf. It is one of the best-known and most-climbed high peaks in the German Alps, Within the Allgäu Alps it is the fourth-highest summit, with rock faces up to 400 metres high. Together with the Trettachspitze and the Hochfrottspitze it forms the famous triumvirate of peaks on the main crest of the Allgäu. Its name comes from Mähder - a mown mountain pasture in the vicinity - and gabel from the appearance of the triumvirate to the north which recalls a fork (German: Gabel). Originally the

Key facts

Mountain.name
Mädelegabel
Mountain.photo
Maedelegabele Schwarzmilzferner 2009.JPG
Mountain.photo_caption
The Mädelegabel from the south. Below: the Schwarzmilzferner (2009)
Mountain.elevation
()
Mountain.isolation
0.4 km → Hochfrottspitze
Mountain.prominence
81 m ↓ Windgap with the Hochfrottspitze → Hochfrottspitze
Mountain.range
Central ridge, Allgäu Alps
Mountain.location
Bavarian / Tyrolean border
Mountain.map
Austria
Mountain.first_ascent
1818
Mountain.easiest_route
from the Heilbronn Way

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Wikidata facts

Country
Austria
Located in
Holzgau
Continent
Europe
Elevation
2644
Image
Einödsbach 2020a.jpg
Significant event
first ascent
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Commons category
Mädelegabel
topographic prominence
84
topographic isolation
0.4
mountain range
Allgäu Alps
name
Mädelegabel
parent peak
Hochfrottspitze
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Article · Italiano

Il Mädelegabel è una montagna di 2645 metri, composta di dolomia e appartenente alle Alpi dell'Algovia nei pressi di Oberstdorf. Si trova lungo la linea di confine tra l'Austria (Tirolo) e Germania (Baviera).

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