Übergossene Alm
The Übergossene Alm and surrounding mountains seen from the Hochkönig
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| Location | Salzburg, Austria |
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| Coordinates | 47°25′36″N 13°03′42″E / 47.42667°N 13.06167°ECoordinates: 47°25′36″N 13°03′42″E / 47.42667°N 13.06167°E |
| Area | 1.6 km² (1969) |
| Highest elevation | 2845 m (1969) |
| Lowest elevation | 2630 m (1969) |
| Status | Three small ice sheets in the Berchtesgaden Alps |
The Übergossene Alm is the name of the summit region of the Hochkönig (2,941 m) in the Berchtesgaden Alps. It contains the remains of a glacier that used to cover almost the entire summit plateau; in 1888 around 5.5 km² of the plateau was covered by an ice sheet. Since then the glacial surface has melted until it now covers just 1.5 km² and the glacier has split into three, small crevasse-free areas. The name of the glacier goes back to a local legend.
The Hochkönig is the southernmost and highest mountain block in the Berchtesgaden Alps. Unlike the Watzmann massif about 20 kilometres to the north, it has a plateau that tilts gently towards the north and covers about 15 km². Only in the south does it fall steeply away in rock faces up to 1,000 metres high (the Mandlwände).
The edge of the plateau is formed by several high two-thousanders in the shape of a giant oval. Apart from the main summit, the most prominent of the remaining peaks (in clockwise order) are the: Großer and Kleiner Bratschenkopf, Kummetstein, Lamkopf and Hochseiler (all over 2,850 m) and to the north/east to Tenneck, Floßkogel and the Schoberköpfe (2,435 to 2,710 m). To the east of the last-named is the imposing Torsäule, which the climb from the Arthurhaus hut runs past; the Torsäule marks the end of the plateau above the side valleys of the River Salzach.
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