Notable Summits
The Bavarian Alps in their broader sense include the following parts of the mountain ranges listed − in this tabular overview sorted roughly from west to east and with maximum heights shown in metres (m) above sea level (NN). The highest peaks and elevations shown relate to that part of the mountain group that lies in Bavaria, and not to the overall group. For example the highest mountain of the Allgäu Alps, the 2,657 m AA high Großer Krottenkopf, lies in Tyrol and is not shown in the table.
The highest peak in the Bavarian Alps and in Germany as a whole is the Zugspitze. It lies in the western part of the Wetterstein range and has a high Alpine character with its height of 2,962 m above NN as well as its two small glaciers.
By clicking on the word "List" in the various rows of the Lists column, a list other mountains in the particular range may be viewed (noting that some of them will be outside Bavaria or the Bavarian Alps). The table may be sorted by clicking on the sort symbols in the column headers.
| Range |
Lists |
Proportion in Bavarian Alps |
Highest peak on Bavarian state territory |
Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allgäu Alps | List | part | Hochfrottspitze | 2,649 |
| Ammergau Alps | List | most | Kreuzspitze | 2.185 |
| Wetterstein | List | part | Zugspitze | 2,962 |
| Bavarian Prealps | List | part | Krottenkopf | 2,086 |
| Karwendel | List | part | Östliche Karwendelspitze | 2,538 |
| Chiemgau Alps | List | most | Sonntagshorn | 1,961 |
| Berchtesgaden Alps | List | part | Watzmann | 2,713 |
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