Sieglseen

The Great Sieglsee from the Kastenkopf (2129 m)

The Sieglseen are two almost circular doline lakes in the Schwarzwassertal in Tyrol , located at an altitude of 1205 meters . The Große Sieglsee is about 100 meters in diameter and about 30 meters deep. The Kleine Sieglsee is about 30 meters in diameter. The lakes were created as collapse funnels in Raibler layers with sandstones , clay slate and Rauhwacken . The lakes drain over the Sieglseebach into the Schwarzwasserbach . The deep and clear lakes are used for diving .

Web links

Commons : Sieglseen - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Andrea Zinnecker: Favorite mountain lakes: The Sieglsee in the Schwarzwassertal ( Memento from July 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) .

Individual evidence

^ Alfred Gruber: Report 2005 on geological recordings in the Northern Limestone Alps and in the Quaternary on sheet 114 Holzgau . (PDF, p. 693ff; 180 kB). Retrieved April 7, 2011.
^ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria: Austrian Map online (Austrian map 1: 50,000) . Retrieved April 7, 2011.

47.408443 10.495623 1200Coordinates: 47 ° 24 ′ 30.4 " N , 10 ° 29 ′ 44.2" E

[1] Alfred Gruber: Report 2005 on geological recordings in the Northern Limestone Alps and in the Quaternary on sheet 114 Holzgau . (PDF, p. 693ff; 180 kB). Retrieved April 7, 2011.

[2] Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria: Austrian Map online (Austrian map 1: 50,000) . Retrieved April 7, 2011.