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Austria's Natural Wonders

This collection spans the diverse landscapes of Carinthia and the Hohe Tauern National Park. It features the Grossglockner, Austria’s highest peak at 3,798 meters, alongside the turquoise waters of Lake Faak and the historic Loibl Pass connecting to Slovenia. The list highlights rare ecological sites like the Sablatnigmoor and Finkensteiner Moor wetlands, as well as dramatic geological features including the 54-meter free-falling Wildensteiner Waterfall and the high-altitude archaeological remains within Potok Cave.

Austria's Natural Wonders — Kartta

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Grossglockner

The Grossglockner, or just Glockner, is, at 3,798 metres above the Adriatic, the highest mountain in Austria and the highest mountain in…

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Lake Faak

Lake Faak is a lake in the Austrian state of Carinthia. With an area of approximately 2.2 km2, it is the state's fifth-largest lake.

Florian Fuchs / CC BY 3.0

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Wildensteiner Wasserfall

One of Europe's highest free-falling waterfalls, the water drops 54 meters from a vertical rock face below the Hochobir mountain.

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Potok Cave

Potok Cave is a cave in northern Slovenia, declared a high-elevation archaeological and paleontological site, occupied approximately 35,000…

Johann Jaritz / CC-BY-SA-3.0

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Loibl Pass / Prelaz Ljubelj

The Loibl Pass or Ljubelj Pass is a high mountain pass in the Karawanks chain of the Southern Limestone Alps, linking Austria with Slovenia.

Naturpuur / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Finkensteiner Moor

A 74-hectare nature reserve and remnant of a former lake bed, providing a protected habitat for rare plant species and diverse bird populations near Lake Faak.

Josef Moser / CC-BY-SA-3.0

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See Eben

A high-altitude wetland and bog located in the Hebalm region of the Koralpe mountains, situated on the border between Carinthia and Styria.

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Naturschutzgebiet Sablatnigmoor

A 100-hectare Natura 2000 protected area that serves as a vital resting place for over 170 bird species and hosts rare flora like the carnivorous sundew.

Vittorio Sella / Public domain

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Kleinglockner

At the height of 3,770 metres the Kleinglockner is the third highest mountain summit in Austria.

Michael Kranewitter, Vienna / CC BY 3.0

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Romariswandköpfe

A double-peaked mountain in the Glockner Group, consisting of the 3,511-meter main summit and the 3,508-meter northwest summit on the Alpine main crest.

JJ55 / Public domain

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Reißeck

The Reißeck, also Großes Reißeck is, at 2,965 metres above the Adriatic, the highest peak of the Reißeck Group in the High Tauern of…

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Zechnerfall

A waterfall located within the Groppensteinschlucht, a steep gorge near Mallnitz shaped by the Mallnitzbach stream.

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Raufenfall

One of the three major waterfalls in the Groppensteinschlucht gorge, where the mountain stream cascades through narrow rock formations.

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Groppensteinfall

A 30-meter high waterfall situated at the entrance of the Groppensteinschlucht gorge, accessible via a series of wooden bridges and tunnels.

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