Untersberg
Sign in to saveThe Untersberg is the northernmost massif of the Berchtesgaden Alps, a prominent spur straddling the border between Berchtesgaden, Germany and Salzburg, Austria. The highest peak of the table-top mountain is the Berchtesgaden Hochthron at .
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Untersberg
- Mountain.photo
- Untersberg salzburg sunset.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 285
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Untersberg seen from Salzburg
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 1973
- Mountain.elevation_ref
- (Berchtesgaden Hochthron)
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1084
- Mountain.isolation
- → Hoher Göll-Mannlgrat
- Mountain.map
- Alps
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in the Alps
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.location
- Bavaria, GermanySalzburg, Austria
- Mountain.range
- Berchtesgaden Alps
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 12th century
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Legend
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The Untersberg is the northernmost massif of the Berchtesgaden Alps, a prominent spur straddling the border between Berchtesgaden, Germany and Salzburg, Austria. The highest peak of the table-top mountain is the Berchtesgaden Hochthron at .
The landmark gained international fame as the "distinctive, lopsided peak" featured at the beginning and end of the 1965 movie The Sound of Music, although the filming was done on the German side, not the Austrian side. It was where Julie Andrews sang The Hills Are Alive at the opening scene and where the family climbed the mountain on their escape to Switzerland at the end of the film.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Untersberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (8)
On the map
3 mapped locations