Wangenitzsee, National parks of Austria

Name: Wangenitzsee
Address: National parks of Austria, Austria

#8 among attractions in National parks of Austria

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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The Wangenitzsee is an alpine lake in Carinthia, Austria. It is located in the Schober group of Hohe Tauern National Park, and is at an altitute of 2,465 metres above sea level. ()

Alternative names: Area: 53.3 acres (0.0833 mi²)Maximum depth: 157 ftElevation: 8087 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 46°55'38"N, 12°48'1"E

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Wangenitzsee – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Elberfelder Hut, Wangenitzsee Hut, Hochschober, Glödis.

4 miNW
Hiking, Alpine hut
Elberfelder Hut, National parks of Austria
102 min walk • The Elberfelder Hut is a mountain hut belonging to the German Alpine Club in the Schober Group within the Austrian Alps. The mountain hut stands at 2,346 m in the upper Gößnitz valley and is managed from mid-June to mid-September.
~1170 ftN
Hiking, Alpine hut
Wangenitzsee Hut, National parks of Austria
6 min walk • The Wangenitzsee Hut is a mountain hut in Hohe Tauern National Park, in Carinthia, Austria. It is situated directly on the Wangenitzsee, the largest lake of the Schober group of the Eastern Alps. At an altitude of 2,508 metres above sea level, it is the highest hut in the Schober Group.
4.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hochschober, National parks of Austria
126 min walk • The Hochschober is the mountain that gives its name to the Schober Group in the High Tauern, although the summit is only the fourth highest in the group. This may have arisen because the north face of the mountain is an impressive sight from Kals.
4.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Glödis, National parks of Austria
108 min walk • The Glödis is one of the most regularly formed summits in the Schober Group in East Tyrol, hence its sobriquet, the "Matterhorn of the Schober Group". It is an impressive sight both from the Debanttal valley and the valley of Kalser Lesachtal.
1.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Petzeck, National parks of Austria
38 min walk • Petzeck is the highest mountain of the Schober Group in the High Tauern range, Austria. The mountain has a 1,000m high north face but its southern slope is more gentle, with lakes such as Kreuzsee and Wangenitzsee on its slopes. Its south western slope is glaciated.
4.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Roter Knopf, National parks of Austria
117 min walk • The Rote Knopf is the second highest mountain in the Schober Group within the High Tauern in the Austrian Alps. It is only two metres short of the Petzeck, the highest summit in the Schober.
4.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hoher Prijakt
108 min walk • The Hoher Prijakt and Niederer Prijakt are a prominent double summit which, seen from the west and north, form one of the most attractively-shaped mountains of the Schober Group in the state of Tyrol in western Austria.
3.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gößnitzkopf, National parks of Austria
98 min walk • Gößnitzkopf is a mountain in the Schober Group of the Hohe Tauern range. It is located in Austria, along the border of East Tyrol and Carinthia. The elevation at its peak is 3,096 metres.
1.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Schober group, National parks of Austria
38 min walk • The Schober group is a sub-range of the Hohe Tauern mountains in the Central Eastern Alps, on the border between the Austrian states of Tyrol and Carinthia. Most of the range is located inside Hohe Tauern national park. It is named after Mt. Hochschober, 3,242 metres, though its highest peak is Mt. Petzeck at 3,283 metres.
3.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Schleinitz, National parks of Austria
84 min walk • The Schleinitz is a mountain in the southern Schobergruppe in East Tyrol and dominates the Lienz Basin with its 2904 m above sea level.
6.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Böses Weibl, National parks of Austria
155 min walk • Böses Weibl - a peak in the Schobergruppe group, in high tauri in the Eastern Alps. It lies in Austria, in Eastern Tyrol. The peak lies north of Glocknergruppe, from the top you can see Grossglockner, as well as most of the main peaks of Schobergruppe. On the northern slopes lies a small PEISCHLALESSELKEES glacier.