Schellenberg Ice Cave
| Schellenberg Ice Cave | |
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 Entrance area of the Schellenberg Ice Cave | |
  Location of Schellenberg Ice Cave in Bavaria | |
| Coordinates | 47°42′48″N 13°0′16″E / 47.71333°N 13.00444°ECoordinates: 47°42′48″N 13°0′16″E / 47.71333°N 13.00444°E |
| Elevation | 1,570 m |
| Website | http://eishoehle.net/ |
The Schellenberg Ice Cave is an cave located on the Berchtesgaden Alps in Upper Bavaria, Germany, near the Austrian border.
The cave belongs to the Untersberg massif, at 1570 metres above sea level, and is the only ice cave open in Germany. [1] It is named after Marktschellenberg, a nearby town in Berchtesgadener Land district. In 1826, it was first mentioned in writing, and fully explored by 1874. It has an estimated ice volume of about 60,000 cubic meters and has been run as a show cave since 1925. The explored length of the ice cave is 3,621 meters, of which, 500 meters in a guided tour at temperatures between -0.5 and +1.0 degrees Celsius are committed. The ice cave can only be reached after a several-hour walk and as one of two show caves in Germany without electric light. It is illuminated with carbide lamps, which are carried by the visitors.
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