The Hermannskarsee is a lake in

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The Hermannskarsee is located at a height of 2,216 m in the Hermannskar, a rocky

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, known locally as a ''kar'', in the

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. The ''kar'' and lake are surrounded by mountains: the

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mountain to the southwest, the Hornbachspitze to the west and the Faulewandspitzen to the north. The Marchspitze rises to the east. The lake lies entirely within Tyrol, about one kilometre southeast of its border with Bavaria. It may be reached on the Enzensperger Way, a

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which links the Kemptner Hut with the Hermann von Barth Hut. Lakes of Tyrol (federal state) Tarns of the Alps {{Tyrol-geo-stub