The Unterberg is a prominent summit, high, in the

Gutenstein Alps The Gutenstein Alps () are a mountain range in the Eastern Alps in Central Europe, and the northeasternmost part of the Northern Limestone Alps, reaching heights over 1,000 m. Topography Die Gutenstein Alps are separated in the north fr ...

in southern

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. It is located about 10 km south of

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and is the westernmost and highest summit of a loose chain of mountains that include the Hocheck (1,037 m) and the Kieneck (1,106 m). Its crest continues towards the southwest, albeit less high, to the Brunntaler Höhe (1,090 m) and the Leitermauern (1,025 m). In a field on the summit there is a chapel with the name of ''Maria Einsiedl''. The mountain is made of

limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

rock and has a steep, wooded face to the northwest which is pierced by crags, whilst to the southeast it falls away only half as sharply. About 150 metres in height below the summit is the mountain hut of ''Unterberghaus''. It is a local winter sports centre with several ski pistes and is popular in spring for

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. The ski lift runs up the southeastern flank to the top and may be reached from Pernitz in the Piesting valley via

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. The

Myrabach The Myra Falls ( or rarer: ''Mirafälle''; always pronounced with a German "i") are located in a ravine in the municipality of Muggendorf (Lower Austria), Muggendorf in the Austrian federal state of Lower Austria (N.B. not to be confused with the M ...

stream rises on the eastern side of the Unterberg from the ''Myralucke'' and, after a few kilometres, falls over the picturesque Myra Falls into the valley of the River Piesting.
About 8 km south of the Unterberg lies the saddle known as Rohrer Sattel (864 m), an important road link from the

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valley and

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to the Schneeberg region and the Traisen valley. Muggendorf - Unterberg-Schutzhaus (2).JPG, Mountain hut on the Unterberg Rohr im Gebirge - Kapelle „Maria Einsiedl“.JPG, Chapel „Maria Einsiedl“ on the Unterberg Unterberg vom Gaisruck.jpg, Coniferous forest on the Almeskogel. Right rear: the Unterberg (with ski slopes). Left: the

Rax-Schneeberg Group The Rax-Schneeberg Group () is a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps on the Styrian-Lower Austrian border in Austria. Location According to the official classification of the Eastern Alps by the Alpine Club ('' Alpenvereinseinteilung ...

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