Dachstein
The Dachstein is a 20 x 30 km limestone massif in the Northern Calcareous Alps, in Austria. The summit is at 3,000 m, with dozens of other peaks above 2,500 m.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,995 metres
- Description: mountain range
- Also known as: “Dachstein Gebirge”, “Dachstein Gruppe”, and “Dachstein Mountains”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Hoher Dachstein and Gjaidstein.
Dachstein
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Upper Austria, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.4753° or 47° 28′ 31″ north
Longitude
13.6058° or 13° 36′ 21″ east
Elevation
2,995 metres (9,826 feet)
Open location code
8FVMFJG4+48
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Venetian—“Dachstein” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Dachstein լեռներ”
- Bavarian: “Dochstaagebiage”
- Cebuano: “Dachstein”
- Chinese: “达赫施泰因山脉”
- Chinese: “達赫施泰因山脈”
- Czech: “Dachstein”
- Danish: “Dachsteingebirge”
- Dutch: “Dachsteinmassief”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال داتشستين”
- Esperanto: “Dachstein (montargrupo)”
- Esperanto: “Dachstein”
- Finnish: “Dachstein”
- French: “Massif du Dachstein”
- German: “Dachstein”
- German: “Dachsteingebirge”
- German: “Dachsteingruppe”
- Hungarian: “Dachstein hegység”
- Hungarian: “Dachstein”
- Italian: “Monti del Dachstein”
- Japanese: “ダッハシュタイン山塊”
- Korean: “다흐슈타인산맥”
- Ladin: “Crëps de Dachstein”
- Lithuanian: “Dachšteinas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dachsteingebirge”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dachsteingebirge”
- Norwegian: “Dachstein”
- Persian: “کوههای داخشتاین”
- Polish: “Dachstein”
- Portuguese: “Montes de Dachstein”
- Romanian: “Munții Dachstein”
- Russian: “Дахштайн”
- Slovak: “Dachstein”
- Slovenian: “Dacshsteinsko pogorje”
- Swedish: “Dachstein”
- Thai: “ทิวเขาดัคชไตน์”
- Venetian: “Monti del Dachstein”
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