Schlenken passage cave
Schlenken passage cave
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Schlenken passage cave entrance area |
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Location: | Schlenken , Salzburg , Austria | |
Height : | 1580 m above sea level A. | |
Geographic location: |
47 ° 40 '58.4 " N , 13 ° 13' 24.2" E | |
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Cadastral number: | 1525/20 | |
Geology: | Oberalmkalk, Barmsteinkalk | |
Discovery: | 1926 | |
Overall length: | 130 m | |
Level difference: | -12 m |
The Schlenken through cave is the most famous cave on the Schlenken in the Osterhorn group in the Bad Vigaun community .
It is located at an altitude of 1580 meters at the foot of a steep rock face. The cave is about 130 meters long. Bones from cave bears and stone and bone tools from Neanderthals were found in it.
literature
- Das Salzburger Höhlenbuch, Volume 5, Ed .: Landesverein für Höhlenkunde Salzburg
Web links
Commons : Schlenken Cave - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Herbert Quechenberger: The Schlenken and its numerous and (unknown) caves. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018 ; Retrieved January 3, 2007 .