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The world’s largest accessible cave is in the Pongau district |
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South of Tennengau, Pongau is surrounded to the north by the rocky wall of the calcareous High Alps of Salzburg, by the chain of mountains Hagen- and Tennengebirge, only penetrated by the Salzach. It is delineated to the south by the Hohe Tauern and the Radstädter Tauern, to the east rises the Dachstein group and to the west the Steinernes Meer and the Hochkönig. There are several side valleys leading into the Salzach valley, for example, the Kleinarl valley, the Großarl valley or the valley of Gastein. The Liechtenstein ravine in the valley of Großarl is one of Austria’s most famous natural monuments. Another sight in Pongau is the giant world of ice in the Tennengebirge, the biggest cave in the world accessible to visitors. The summit ridges of the Hohe Tauern and Niedere Tauern rise up over the Schieferberge in Pongau, rich in forests and mountain pastures, traditional mountain farming regions. As well as the Salzach-Pongau, it is also necessary to mention the Enns-Pongau in the vicinity of the Enns. |
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