Natural landscapes and outdoor activities in Austria

Natural Landscapes & Outdoors

This collection showcases Austria’s diverse natural landscapes, including alpine lakes such as Heiterwanger See and Plansee, prominent peaks like Wildspitze and Parseierspitze, expansive glaciers such as Mittelbergferner, scenic valleys including Kleinwalsertal, and notable waterfalls like the Grawa Wasserfall. These sites highlight the country’s varied terrain from tranquil water bodies to rugged mountain summits.

Natural Landscapes & Outdoors — Map

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Heiterwanger See

Lake Heiterwang is a lake in the Tirol, Austria, located at 47°27′30″N 10°46′50″E.

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Plansee

Plansee is a lake in Reutte District, Tyrol, Austria, located at 47°28′10″N 10°48′20″E.

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Formarinsee

Formarinsee is a lake in the Austrian Alps. It lies in the Bundesland of Vorarlberg and lends its name to the close by Formarinbach, one of…

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Grawa Wasserfall

Located on the right side of the Stubai Valley, this waterfall is fed by the Sulzaubach stream.

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Wildspitze

Wildspitze is the highest mountain in the Ötztal Alps and in North Tyrol, as well as the second highest mountain in Austria after the…

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Mittelbergferner

The second largest glacier in Tyrol, situated at the end of the Pitztal valley in the Ötztal Alps.

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Eibele Wasserfälle

Waterfall in Tyrol with limited publicly available details.

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Kleinwalsertal

Kleinwalsertal is a part of Mittelberg in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg.

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Piz Buin

Piz Buin is a mountain in the Silvretta range of the Alps on the border between Austria and Switzerland.

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Dreiländerspitze

The Dreiländerspitze is with 3,197 m one of the higher mountains in the Silvretta range in the eastern Alps and located on the…

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Pihapper

Mountain in the Venediger Group of the Hohe Tauern with an elevation of 2,513 meters.

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Valluga

Valluga is a 2,811 m high mountain in the Lechtal Alps. The border between the Austrian states Tyrol and Vorarlberg runs over the summit.

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Parseierspitze

Parseierspitze is, at 3,036 m tall, the highest mountain and the only three-thousander of the Northern Limestone Alps.

Knochen / CC BY 3.0

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Imster Muttekopf

The Muttekopf is a lookout mountain in the Lechtal Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

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Aussichtspunkt Grawa Wasserfall

Viewpoint overlooking the Grawa Wasserfall in the Stubai Valley.

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