Daumen Group

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Daumen Group

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Großer Daumen
Highest point
Peak Großer Daumen
Elevation 2,280 m (7,480 ft)
Coordinates 47°25′N10°21′E / 47.417°N 10.350°E / 47.417; 10.350 Coordinates: 47°25′N10°21′E / 47.417°N 10.350°E / 47.417; 10.350
Geography
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Daumen Group
Location of the Daumengruppe
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Parent range Allgäu Alps

The Daumen Group (German : Daumengruppe) is a mountain range of the Allgäu Alps, [1] named after Großer Daumen, the highest mountain in the range.

German language West Germanic language

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Großer Daumen mountain

The Großer Daumen is a mountain, 2,280 metres (7,480 ft) high, in the Daumen Group of the Allgäu Alps in southern Germany.

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References

  1. Anton Waltenberger (1872). Orographie der Allgäuer Alpen. Lampart. p. 13. Retrieved 23 September 2013.