Großer Daumen

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Großer Daumen

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The Großer Daumen from the Entschenkopf
Highest point
Elevation 2,280 m (7,480 ft) [1]
Prominence 354 m Zeiger Saddle  Großer Wilder
Isolation 6.4 km  Kesselspitze
Coordinates 47°26′29″N10°22′32″E / 47.44139°N 10.37556°E / 47.44139; 10.37556 Coordinates: 47°26′29″N10°22′32″E / 47.44139°N 10.37556°E / 47.44139; 10.37556
Geography
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Großer Daumen
Parent range Daumen Group, Allgäu Alps
Climbing
Easiest route Höfatsblick mountain station – Koblat – southwest flank

The Großer Daumen is a mountain, 2,280 metres (7,480 ft) high, [1] in the Daumen Group of the Allgäu Alps in southern Germany.

Daumen Group mountain range

The Daumen Group is a mountain range of the Allgäu Alps, named after Großer Daumen, the highest mountain in the range.

Allgäu Alps mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps

The Allgäu Alps are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, located in Bavaria in Germany and Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. The range lies directly east of Lake Constance.

Germany Federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

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Location and area

Nestling below the Großer Daumen are the small tarns of Laufbichlsee, Koblatsee and Engeratsgundsee .

Tarn (lake) Mountain lake or pool in a glacial cirque

A tarn is a mountain lake, pond or pool, formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn.

Ascent

The Großer Daumen may be ascended on an easy mountain path from Höfatsblick Station on the Nebelhorn Cable Car which is at 1,924 metres (6,312 ft). The peak is also the end point of the Hindelang Klettersteig climbing path, which runs from the Nebelhorn to the Großer Daumen.

The Nebelhorn Cable Car in Oberstdorf, Germany is a cable car on the Nebelhorn mountain that was constructed in 3 sections. It was first built between 1928 and 1930 and rebuilt in 1977 and 1991. The first section of the Nebelhorn cable car, renewed in 1977, has a length of 2,202.68 metres, a carrying cable of 55 mm and a hauling cable of 21 mm in diameter. It climbs a total height of 452 metres.

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Summit cross

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