Zugspitze
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The Zugspitze, at 2,962 m above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains and the highest mountain in Germany. It lies south of the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, and the
Zugspitze from Ehrwald, Tyrol, Austria
View from the Alpspitze of the Zugspitze summit and the Höllentalferner glacier in 2007
360-degree panorama view from Zugspitze computed with digital elevation model with labelled mountains ↘
The Zugspitzplatt above the Reintal valley in 2006
Schneeferner
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The Schneeferner in the Bavarian Alps is Germany's highest and largest glacier.
Zugspitze
…mountain is the Zugspitzplatt, a high karst plateau with numerous caves. On the flanks of the Zugspitze are two glaciers, the largest in Germany: the Northern Schneeferner with an area of 30.7 hectares and Höllentalferner with an area of 24.7 hectares. Shrinking of the Southern Schneeferner led to the loss of glacier…
The Northern Schneeferner and the remnants of the Southern Schneeferner (left), end July 2006
The Northern Schneeferner on 22 September 2009
The Southern Schneeferner on 28 August 2003, immediately after the record heat wave