Augstenberg (Silvretta)

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Augstenberg
Augstenberg and Futschölpass from the northeast (Kronenjoch)

Augstenberg and Futschölpass from the northeast (Kronenjoch)

height 3228  m above sea level A.
3230  m above sea level M.
location Tyrol , Austria and Graubünden , Switzerland
Mountains Silvretta
Dominance 3.2 km →  Fluchthorn
Notch height 430 m ↓  Vermunt Pass
Coordinates , ( CH ) 46 ° 51 '52 "  N , 10 ° 12' 13"  O ( 810 782  /  194 083 ) coordinates: 46 ° 51 '52 "  N , 10 ° 12' 13"  O ; CH1903:  eight hundred and ten thousand seven hundred eighty-two  /  194 083
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Augstenberg (Silvretta) (Tyrol)
Augstenberg (Silvretta)
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The Augstenberg (also Augstenspitze , Rhaeto-Romanic Piz Blaisch Lunga ) is a 3230  m high mountain in the Silvretta on the border between Austria and Switzerland. The Valzifenz valley begins below the Augstenberg .

height

There are different information about the height of the Augstenberg: While in Austria the height of 3228  m above sea level. A. is specified, the corresponding altitude in Switzerland is 3230  m above sea level. M. Approximately 0.2 km south of the main summit, the Augstenberg a 3224.7  m above sea level. M. high secondary summit.

Word meaning

"Augsten" probably comes from the month name August ( Latin augustus ) and indicates the limited possibility of cultivating the slopes with hay or cattle , mostly only in August.

The Rhaeto-Romanic “Blaisch lunga” means a long, wide slope . Piz means point, point, prong .

Ascent

A ski route leads from the upper Jamtal over the Chalausferner to the Chalausfurka ( 3003 m above sea levelTemplate: height / unknown reference ), on which you can reach Swiss territory. From the Furka you descend about 40 to 50 meters into the wide basin south of the northern Chalausspitze and then climb the western slope of the Augstenberg to its southern or northern summit.

view

In the west, with good visibility, this extends to the Bernese Alps ( Aletschhorn , 175 km, Fiescherhörner , Lauteraarhorn , Schreckhorn ) and to Weissmies in Valais, 187 km away . In the south you can see the Ortler massif , and in the east you can see the Ötztal Alps in almost their entire north-south extent.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AMAP Austria. Austrian Map online, scale 1: 10,000. In: austrianmap.at. BEV - Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying, accessed on October 20, 2019 .
  2. ^ Maps of Switzerland - Swiss Confederation - map.geo.admin.ch. In: map.geo.admin.ch. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .
  3. ↑ See e.g. B .: Fortunat spokesman for Bernegg in Historia of which unrest and wars so in those of the Rhaetian lands ...
  4. ↑ Joseph Zösmair The mountain names Vorarlberg, UT: possible explained on the basis of documentary, publishing the Vorarlberg Buchdruckerei-Gesellschaft mbH, Dornbirn 1923, p. 10
  5. ↑ Alpine Club Map No. 26 "Silvrettagruppe" (ski tour map), 9th edition 2013, ISBN 978-3-928777-37-7
  6. ↑ PeakFinder Ltd info@peakfinder.org: Mountain panorama: Northern Augstenspitze. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .

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