Hochkarspitze
The Hochkarspitze is a 2,484 m high mountain in the Karwendel on the border between Bavaria and Tyrol. It is part of the Northern Karwendel Chain, which runs initially northwards before swinging east at the Wörner.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wörner and Raffelspitze.
Wörner
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wörner is a 2,476 m high mountain in the Karwendel on the border between Bavaria and Tyrol. It is part of the Northern Karwendel Chain that initially runs northwards to the Wörner and then swings east.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mittenwald and Scharnitz Pass.
Mittenwald
Photo: Frerk Meyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mittenwald is an Alpine town in the German state of Bavaria. Although it only has a population of 7,200 people, it has a great tradition of violin-making.
Scharnitz Pass
Locality
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The Scharnitz Pass is a narrow section of the upper Isar valley in the Northern Limestone Alps. It lies at a height of about 955 m on the Austro-German border between the states of Bavaria and Tyrol. Scharnitz Pass is situated 8 km southwest of Hochkarspitze.
Krün
Village
Photo: AHert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Krün is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It belongs with Garmisch-Partenkirchen as district capital and cultural center as well as other municipalities to the region Werdenfelser Land. Krün is situated 8 km northwest of Hochkarspitze.
Hochkarspitze
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,482 metres
- Description: mountain in the Karwendel at the border Bavaria / Tyrol
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.4475° or 47° 26′ 51″ northLongitude
11.35007° or 11° 21′ 0″ eastElevation
2,482 metres (8,143 feet)Open location code
8FVHC9X2+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 26863178OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hochkarspitze” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hochkarspitze”
- Chinese: “霍赫卡爾峰”
- Dutch: “Hochkarspitze”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هوتشكارسپيتز”
- French: “Hochkarspitze”
- German: “Hochkarspitze”
- Ladin: “Hochkarspitze”
- Swedish: “Hochkarspitze”
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