Abstract
THE Karwendel Alps are a mountain mass lying to the north of the valley of the Inn, between Innsbruck and Jenbach, and bounded on the east by the Achensee, on the north and west by the upper valley of the Isar, and on the south roughly by a line drawn along the Hinterauthal (the highest part of the valley of that river) to Schwaz, in the Innthal. This region has been explored and mapped by Herr Rothpletz, with the assistance of other workers, and it is described as consisting of three roughly parallel ranges. Though their peaks do not attain to a very great elevation, the higher summits ranging from 6500 feet to rather over 8200 feet, their grand cliffs of cream-coloured limestone and their pine- clad slopes afford very beautiful scenery.
Das Karwendelgebirge.
Von A. Rothpletz. Separat-Abdruck aus der Zeitschrift des Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins. With Map. (München, 1888.)
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B., T. Das Karwendelgebirge. Nature 44, 221 (1891). https://doi.org/10.1038/044221a0
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