Alpentor, the Glossary
An alpentor (literally "Alpine gateway", plural alpentore) in geology is the point where an entire glacier forced its way through to the Alpine Foreland from the Alps during the ice age.[1]
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34 relations: Alpine Foreland, Alpine Rhine, Alps, Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Blomberg (Bavarian Prealps), Fern Pass, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Geology, Glacier, Herzogstand, High Tauern, Ice age, Iller, Inn (river), Inn Glacier, Isar, Jochberg (mountain), Kochelsee, Kramerspitz, Kranzhorn, Lech (river), Loisach, Lower Tauern, Murnau am Staffelsee, Oberammergau, Rechelkopf, Rosenheim, Salzach, Tagliamento, Walchensee, Wank (mountain), Würm glaciation, Wildbarren.
- Alps
Alpine Foreland
The Alpine Foreland, less commonly called the Bavarian Foreland,Dickinson, Robert E (1964).
See Alpentor and Alpine Foreland
Alpine Rhine
The Alpine Rhine Valley (Alpenrheintal) is a glacial alpine valley, formed by the Alpine Rhine (Alpenrhein), the part of the Rhine between the confluence of the Anterior Rhine and Posterior Rhine at Reichenau and Lake Constance.
Alps
The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
Bad Tölz
Bad Tölz (Bavarian: Däiz) is a town in Bavaria, Germany and the administrative center of the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district.
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany.
Blomberg (Bavarian Prealps)
The Blomberg is a mountain, 1,248 m high, in Bavaria, Germany and is the local mountain of Bad Tölz and a popular destination both with locals and visitors to the region.
See Alpentor and Blomberg (Bavarian Prealps)
Fern Pass
Fern Pass (elevation 1212 m) is a mountain pass in the Tyrolean Alps in Austria.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Bavarian: Garmasch-Partakurch) is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany.
See Alpentor and Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Geology
Geology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time.
Glacier
A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight.
Herzogstand
The Herzogstand is a mountain in the Bavarian foothills of the Alps, south of the city of Munich.
High Tauern
The High Tauern (pl.; Hohe Tauern, Alti Tauri) are a mountain range on the main chain of the Central Eastern Alps, comprising the highest peaks east of the Brenner Pass.
Ice age
An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.
Iller
The Iller (ancient name Ilargus) is a river of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Inn (river)
The Inn (Aenus; En) is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.
Inn Glacier
The Inn Glacier (Inn-Gletscher), also called the Inn Valley Glacier (Inntal-Gletscher).
Isar
The Isar is a river in Austria and in Bavaria, Germany.
Jochberg (mountain)
The Jochberg is a mountain, high, in the Bavarian Alpine Foreland, the first range of mountains of the Alps in southern Germany.
See Alpentor and Jochberg (mountain)
Kochelsee
Kochelsee or Lake Kochel is a lake south of Munich on the edge of the Bavarian Alps.
Kramerspitz
Kramerspitz (or The Kramer) is a mountain overlooking the Garmisch side of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany.
Kranzhorn
Kranzhorn is a mountain in Tirol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany.
Lech (river)
The Lech (Licca) is a river in Austria and Germany.
Loisach
The Loisach is a river that flows through Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany.
Lower Tauern
The Lower Tauern or Niedere Tauern are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps, in the Austrian states of Salzburg and Styria.
Murnau am Staffelsee
Murnau am Staffelsee (often shortend to Murnau) is a market town in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany.
See Alpentor and Murnau am Staffelsee
Oberammergau
Oberammergau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany.
Rechelkopf
Rechelkopf is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany.
Rosenheim
Rosenheim is a city in Bavaria, Germany.
Salzach
The Salzach (Austrian) is a river in Austria and Germany.
Tagliamento
The Tagliamento (Tiliment; Tajamento) is a braided river in north-east Italy, flowing from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea at a point between Trieste and Venice.
Walchensee
Walchensee or Lake Walchen is one of the deepest and largest alpine lakes in Germany, with a maximum depth of and an area of.
Wank (mountain)
The Wank is a mountain in southern Germany, situated in the Loisach valley close to the Austrian border in the southwestern Ester Mountains range near Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
See Alpentor and Wank (mountain)
Würm glaciation
The Würm glaciation or Würm stage (Würm-Kaltzeit or Würm-Glazial, colloquially often also Würmeiszeit or Würmzeit; cf. ice age), usually referred to in the literature as the Würm (often spelled "Wurm"), was the last glacial period in the Alpine region.
See Alpentor and Würm glaciation
Wildbarren
Wildbarren is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany.
See also
Alps
- Alpenstock
- Alpentor
- Alpine Club Guide
- Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps
- Alpine Convention
- Alpine Pearls
- Alpine Space Programme
- Alpine cuisine
- Alpine distress signal
- Alpine föhn
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- Alps
- Alta Via dei Monti Liguri
- Arno Trail
- Association of the Alpine States
- Baita (architecture)
- Bedolina Map
- Climate of the Alps
- Comunis
- Croix de Belledonne
- Flims rockslide
- Flora of the Alps
- Geography of the Alps
- Geology of the Alps
- Grande Traversata delle Alpi
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- Haute Route
- High Alps
- History of the Alps
- Italian Julian Alps
- Liberei
- Margherita Hut
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- Mountains of the Alps
- Palasinaz Lakes (Italy)
- Partizione delle Alpi
- SOIUSA
- SOIUSA code
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- Tauern
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- Valleys of the Alps