Zugspitze
Americannoun
noun
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Police said rescue operations with about 100 officers were underway and at least four people had been pulled out of the water in the valley known as Höllentalklamm near Germany’s tallest mountain, Zugspitze.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2021
One of the glaciers on the northern face of the country’s highest peak, the Zugspitze, is losing 250 liters or 66 gallons of water every 30 seconds, it found.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2021
The technique spread to Germany’s Zugspitze and Switzerland’s Verbier—and now Russia is using blankets to guarantee snow for the Olympics in subtropical Sochi.
From BusinessWeek ● Jan. 23, 2014
High above the winter resort of Garmisch Partenkirchen, in the lee of Germany's towering Zugspitze, champion bobsledders of eight nations were in gleeful spirits last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
The south frontier is formed by a branch of the Noric Alps, offsets from which project far into the plateau; principal peaks: the Zugspitze, 10,394 feet, and the Watzmann, 9470 feet.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
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