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Schattberg (Saalbach-Hinterglemm)

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Metres above the Adriatic ( Italian : Metri sopra l'Adriatico , German : Meter über Adria , Serbo-Croatian : Metara iznad Jadrana ) is the vertical datum used in Albania , Austria , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Montenegro , North Macedonia , Serbia , and Slovenia to measure elevation , referring to the average water level of the Adriatic Sea at the Sartorio mole in the Port of Trieste .

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6-603: The Schattberg is a 2,097  m (AA) high mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Austrian state of Salzburg . The Schattberg is the local mountain for the Pinzgau parish of Saalbach-Hinterglemm , that lies about 3 kilometres to the north. It forms the end of a mountain ridge that runs from the 2,249 m high Hochkogel over the 2,092 m high Saalbachkogel and the 2,123 m high Stemmerkogel to

12-696: The Kronstadt Gauge of the Baltic Sea , which is 0.6747 m (2.214 ft) higher. Whilst for Austria the 1875 gauge is used as the datum, the states of former Yugoslavia use the 1900 gauge ( Nadmorska visina, m/nv ). In Albania (normal-orthometric height) they also refer to heights as 'metres above the Adriatic', but use a specific tide gauge in the port of Durrës . The individual countries using this datum abbreviate it in different ways depending on their local language, as follows: 'Metres above

18-726: The Adriatic The gauging station in the Port of Trieste was established in 1875 by the local observatory run by the military geographical institute of the Austro-Hungarian Army . The average water surface elevation at Molo Sartorio became the datum valid for the whole Austro-Hungarian monarchy . Whilst the former Yugoslavian states still use it, the Eastern Bloc successor states of Austria-Hungary like Hungary and Czechoslovakia after World War II switched to

24-684: The Saalbach-Hinterglemm- Leogang ski region. Before the Schattberg X-Press cableway was erected in 2003, the Schattberg Cable Car ( Schattbergbahn ), built in 1960, ran from Saalbach to the summit. This cable car was, after its upgrade in 1973, the largest of its type in Austria, capable of transporting 100 people per cabin, and having the strongest standing cable (63 mm) in the world. Around

30-640: The mountain are several alm huts. The area is accessible on numerous hiking trails. Signposted ascents run from the northwest and northeast to the main peak, the Middle Schattberg. Gravelled tracks run up to the west and east peaks that are popular with mountain bikers . A signed climbing path runs to the south as well as a ski route to the Pinzgau Ridgeway , a popular mountain trail. [REDACTED] Media related to Schattberg (Saalbach-Hinterglemm) at Wikimedia Commons Metres above

36-866: The north. To the west is the Schwarzachgraben stream, to the east the valley of the Löhnersbach which descends into the Glemmtal . The mountain has three peaks: the West Schattberg ( Schattberg West ) 2,096 m, the Middle Schattberg ( Mittelgipfel ) 2,097 m and the East Schattberg ( Schattberg-Ost ) 2,018 m, which is northeast of the Dillinger Eck (1,875 m). The West and East Schattberg are accessible on ski lifts from Hinterglemm and Saalbach that form part of

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