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Mountain range in Austria
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The Dachstein is a 20 x 30 km limestone massif in the Northern Calcareous Alps, in Austria. The summit is at 3,000 m (although different maps invariably quote 2,997 - 3,003 m), with dozens of other peaks above 2,500 m. The Dachstein is situated on the border between Upper Austria (Oberösterreich) and Styria (Steiermark). Parts of the massif also lie within Salzburg state.
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Dachstein Massif
The peak can be reached (back and forth) in about 4.5h from the Dachstein panorama cable car station.
A cable car provides quick and easy access to the top of the Südwand and the back of the Hallstatter and Schladming glaciers.
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