Mondsee ( Moon Lake ) is a lake in the Upper Austrian part of the Salzkammergut and near the larger Attersee . Its southwestern shore marks the border between the states of Upper Austria and Salzburg and also between the Northern Limestone Alps in the south and the Sandstone zone of the northern Alps . The Drachenwand ( Dragonwall ) is a large cliff face over the southern shore of the lake. Mondsee is one of Austria's last privately owned lakes. In August 2008, owner Nicolette Wächter announced it was up for sale.
3-725: Mondsee may refer to: Mondsee (lake) , lake in Austria Mondsee (town) , town in Austria [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mondsee&oldid=933001500 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
6-512: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mondsee (lake) In 1864, remains of neolithic pile dwellings were discovered in the lake. Mondsee likely derives its name from the old noble family name "Mannsee". Two bacterial strains isolated from Lake Mondsee were recognized as new species and described as Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus and Polynucleobacter duraquae , respectively. Both species are non- pathogenic and dwell in
9-519: The lake as part of its bacterioplankton . Fish living in the lake: Ian Fleming mentions the Mondsee in one of his James Bond novels, Thunderball . In chapter six, Blofeld reports to the members of SPECTRE that their German unit has successfully retrieved (in secret) Himmler's hoard of jewels from Lake Mondsee. Arno Geiger's 2018 novel Beneath Drachenwand Mountain is set mainly in Mondsee. This Upper Austria location article
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