Vilser Scharte
Vilser Scharte is a mountain saddle in Austria and has an elevation of 898 metres. Vilser Scharte is situated nearby to the locality Unterer Weißenseeberg, as well as near the suburb Stegen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alatsee and Vilsegg Castle.
Alatsee
Lake
Photo: Molgreen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alatsee is a meromictic lake in Ostallgäu, Bavaria, Germany. At an elevation of 868 metres, its surface area is 12 hectares. Many divers have died or disappeared mysteriously in the lake due to the toxicity of the organisms living in the lake.
Vilsegg Castle
Castle
Photo: Johannes Robalotoff, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vilsegg Castle is a former fortification in the Austrian state of Tyrol that stands about a kilometre northwest of the little town of Vils, between Pfronten and Füssen, a few hundred metres away from the Austro-German border.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vils and Weißensee.
Vilser Scharte
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 898 metres
- Description: saddle and mountain pass in the Falkenstein Ridge of the Allgäu Alps at the border of Bavaria, Germany, and Tyrol, Austria
- Categories: mountain pass saddle point and landform
- Location: Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.55913° or 47° 33′ 33″ northLongitude
10.63816° or 10° 38′ 17″ eastElevation
898 metres (2,946 feet)Open location code
8FVGHJ5Q+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1267972079OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleGeoNames ID
3334001Wikidata ID
Q130754282
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In Other Languages
“Vilser Scharte” goes by many names.
- German: “Vilser Scharte”
- “Vilser Scharte”
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