Hohes Licht
| Hohes Licht | |
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The Hohes Licht seen from the Rappenseekopf
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,651 m (AA) (8,698 ft) |
| Prominence | 678 m ↓ Mädelejoch |
| Isolation | 7.0 km → Großer Krottenkopf |
| Coordinates | 47°16′50″N 10°16′34″E / 47.28056°N 10.27611°ECoordinates: 47°16′50″N 10°16′34″E / 47.28056°N 10.27611°E |
| Geography | |
| Parent range | Central crest of Allgäu Alps |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type |
Limestone of the Main Dolomite rock |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1854 as part of a cartological survey |
The Hohes Licht, at 2,651 metres, is the second highest mountain in the Allgäu Alps after the Großer Krottenkopf. Its summit lies in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
The mountain lies 4½ kilometres as the crow flies north-northwest of Steeg in the Lech valley and 14 kilometres south of Oberstdorf. Neighbouring peaks are, to the northeast the Wilder Mann, the Bockkarkopf, the Hochfrottspitze and the Mädelegabel. To the south are the Peischelspitze and the Ellbognerspitze, to the west the Hochgundspitze and the Hochrappenkopf. To the northwest lies the 200 metre lower Rotgundspitze.
In 1854, during a triangulation exercise, a "survey signal" (Vermessungssignal) was erected. When the mountain was first climbed for leisure purposes by Hermann von Barth on 6 August 1869, the signal was still there. Barth reached the summit approaching from the Biberkopf via the Hochalpe and the Steinscharte from the northwest. This is still the normal route today.
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