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Dösener See
The Dösener See (also Dösnersee) is an alpine lake of Carinthia, Austria. It is part of the High Tauern National parks of Austria, National Park and located in the municipality of Mallnitz. Geography The lake is situated at 2270 metres above the Adriatic (7,450 ft) in the Ankogel Group of the High Tauern range, part of the Central Eastern Alps. It marks the head of the narrow Dösen Valley, stretching about up from Mallnitz in the west. With a surface area of , it is the largest cirque lake of the national park area. Even in summer, the surface temperature never exceeds ; the lake is covered by ice up to three quarters of a year. The water transparency comes to about . In Dösener See, Arctic char are found as well as plankton species like rotifer and green algae. The ''Arthur-von-Schmid-Haus'', an Alpine club hut erected in 1910–11, stands on the western shore. From here, mountain trails lead to neighbouring summits such as the Hochalmspitze and the Reißeck (mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carinthia (state)
Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The Lake Wolayer is a mountain lake on the Carinthian side of the Carnic Main Ridge, near the Plöcken Pass.The main language is Austrian German, with its non-standard dialects belonging to the Southern Bavarian group; Carinthian Slovene dialects, forms of a South Slavic language that predominated in the southeastern part of the region up to the first half of the 20th century, are now spoken by a small minority in the area. Carinthia's main industries are tourism, electronics, engineering, forestry, and agriculture. Name The etymology of the name "Carinthia", similar to Carnia or Carniola, has not been conclusively established. The ''Ravenna Cosmography'' (about AD 700) referred to a Slavic "Carantani" tribe as the eastern neighbours of the Bavarians. In his ''History of the Lombards'', the 8th-century chronicler Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
