Wangenitzsee

It is located in the Schober group of Hohe Tauern National Park, and is at an altitude of 2,465 metres (8,087 ft) above sea level (AA).

The lake lies south-east from the Hoher Perschitzkopf [de], just some 100 meters away from the border to East Tyrol.

On its north bank lies the Wangenitzsee Hut, meaning that the lake is on the Wiener Höhenweg [de].

The shoreline is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long, and the volume of the lake is 3,487,000,000 cubic metres (9.21×1011 US gal).

The flora in the area around the lake consists primarily of Carex curvula and Scheuchzer's cottongrass.