Hallstätter Glacier

#542 among destinations in Austria

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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The Hallstätter Glacier is the largest glacier in the Dachstein Mountains. It lies immediately beneath the northern foot of the Dachstein itself and runs down to the Eissee lake below the Simony Hut at a height of 2,205 m. To the east the Hallstätter Glacier is bounded by the High Gjaidstein. Firmly sealed off at its western snout by the Schöberl, 2,426 m, it is bordered in the west by the eastern flank of the Hohes Kreuz ridge, running from south to north, which reaches a height of 2,837 metres. In its upper third the glacier flows around a prominent landmark, the Eisstein. At its head in the south it is also bordered by the Hunerkogel and the Dirndln. ()

Local name: Hallstätter Gletscher Coordinates: 47°28'55"N, 13°36'55"E

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Upper AustriaAustria

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Hallstätter Glacier – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hoher Dachstein, Eissee, Gjaidstein, Seethalerhütte.

0.6 miSW
Glacial Alpine mountain with skiing
Hoher Dachstein
17 min walk • Hoher Dachstein, Austria, stands as a towering emblem of the natural grandeur found within the Dachstein mountain range. Soaring to an elevation of 2,995 meters, it is the highest peak in Styria and the second-highest in the Northern Limestone Alps.
1.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Eissee
39 min walk • The Upper and Lower Eissee are two lakes in the Dachstein Mountains in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. They lie north of a 2,794 m high mountain, the Gjaidstein, at an elevation of around 2,000 metres.
0.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gjaidstein
21 min walk • The Hoher Gjaidstein is a 2,794 m high mountain peak in the Dachstein Mountains in Upper Austria east and above the Hallstätter Glacier.
0.6 miS
Hiking, Alpine hut
Seethalerhütte, Dachstein
16 min walk • The Seethalerhütte, once called Dachsteinwartehütte, is an alpine club hut of the Austria Section of the ÖAV at an altitude of 2740 m above sea level east of and below the Hohe Dachstein on the edge of the Hallstätter Glacier and high above the...
1.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dachstein Mountains
33 min walk • The Dachstein Mountains are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps. The term is used by the Austrian Alpine Club in its classification of the Eastern Alps as one of the 24 sub-ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps.
0.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps
16 min walk • The Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps is the proposed name for a subdivision of mountains in a new classification of the Alps, which are located in Austria.
1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mitterspitz
26 min walk • Mitterspitz - a peak in the Dachstein group, parts of the northern limestone. It lies in Austria in Styria's union country. He is adjacent to Torstein and Hoher Dachstein. It is the third in terms of height of Dachstein. The first entry in 1872 was made by Oskar Simona and G. Schmied.