Schlegeis Dam

Schlegeis Dam is a dam in Finkenberg, Schwaz District, Tyrol and has an elevation of 1,720 metres. Schlegeis Dam is situated nearby to the peak Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen, as well as near Olperer.

Photo: holger mohaupt, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Tyrol
Also known as: “Staudamm Schlegeisspeicher”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Schlegeisspeicher and Olperer.

Schlegeisspeicher

Reservoir

Schlegeisspeicher

Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.

Schlegeisspeicher is a reservoir.

Olperer

Peak

Photo: earnie81, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.

The Olperer is a 3,476-metre-high mountain in the Zillertal Alps in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. It is the main summit on the Tux Crest and is often crossed in the summer as climbers transit from the Olperer Hut to the Geraer Hut. Olperer is situated 4 km northwest of Schlegeis Dam.

Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen

Peak

Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen

Photo: Mabol!, Public domain.

The Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen are two summits on the Tux Crest, a mountain chain in the Zillertal Alps, one of the ranges of the central Eastern Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen is situated 3½ km northwest of Schlegeis Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hintertux and Madseit.

Hintertux

Village

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hintertux is a village, which is situated 9 km north of Schlegeis Dam.

Madseit

Village

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Madseit is a village, which is situated 10 km north of Schlegeis Dam.

Schlegeis Dam

Location: Finkenberg, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.03891° or 47° 2′ 20″ north

Longitude

11.70707° or 11° 42′ 26″ east

Elevation

1,720 metres (5,643 feet)

Open location code

8FVH2PQ4+HR

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Schlegeis Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Staudamm Schlegeisspeicher”
German: “Sperre Schlegeis”
German: “Sperre Schlegeisspeicher”
German: “Staudamm Schlegeisspeicher”
Swedish: “Staudamm Schlegeisspeicher”

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