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Lake Lake · Allgäu · 1,508 m

Unterer Gaisalpsee

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  • View from the Entschenkopf to the Lower Gaisalpsee
    View from the Entschenkopf to the Lower Gaisalpsee
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The “Untere Gaisalpsee“ lies below the mountain “Rubihorn“ at an altitude of 1509 m in the Allgäu Alps. The water is crystal clear and ice-cold. 

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47.427376, 10.324209
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47°25'38.6"N 10°19'27.2"E
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32T 599867 5253508
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