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Eisriesenwelt

The Eisriesenwelt is a natural limestone and ice cave located in , , about 40 km south of . The cave is inside the Hochkogel mountain in the Tennengebirge section of the .
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  • Type: Cave
  • Description: cave
  • Also known as: “Werfen Ice Caves”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hochkogel and Tiroler Kogel.

Peak
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is a peak.

Peak
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is a peak.

Peak
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At 2,430 m , the is the highest peak in the in the Northern Limestone Alps. To the south rock faces up to 1,000 metres drop into the valley of the , whilst its northern side descends relatively gently over a broad plateau into the barren Pitschenberg valley where the Leopold Happisch Haus is located. is situated 3 km southeast of Eisriesenwelt.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tenneck and Pfarrwerfen.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a municipality in the in the state of . is situated 6 km south of Eisriesenwelt.

Village
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is a market town in the Hallein district of , . is situated 10 km north of Eisriesenwelt.

Eisriesenwelt

Latitude
47.51086° or 47° 30′ 39″ north
Longitude
13.19323° or 13° 11′ 36″ east
Elevation
1,646 metres (5,400 feet)
Open location code
8FVMG56V+87
Open­Street­Map ID
node 297820337
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8051369
Wiki­data ID
Q254117
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Eisriesenwelt” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كهوف إيزرايسنفلت”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aysrizenvelt mağarası”
  • Bavarian: “Eisriasenweyd”
  • Bavarian: “Eisriesnwejd”
  • Belarusian: “Айсрызенвельт”
  • Bosnian: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Catalan: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Cebuano: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Chinese: “冰洞”
  • Croatian: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Czech: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Dutch: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهوف ايزرايسنفلت”
  • Finnish: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • French: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Georgian: “აისრიზენველტი”
  • German: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Hebrew: “אייסריזנוולט”
  • Hebrew: “מערת קרח לאכול מרק גולש”
  • Hungarian: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Indonesian: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Italian: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Japanese: “アイスリーゼンヴェルト”
  • Kazakh: “Эйсрайзенвельт үңгірі”
  • Latvian: “Eisrīzenvelta ala”
  • Latvian: “Eisrīzenvelta”
  • Lithuanian: “Aisrizenveltas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Polish: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Russian: “Айсризенвельт”
  • Serbian: “Ајсризенвелт”
  • Slovenian: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Spanish: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Swedish: “Eisriesenwelt”
  • Ukrainian: “Айсрізенвельт”
  • Vietnamese: “Eisriesenwelt”

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