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group with the Dachstein (983o ft.) and the Thorstein (9657 ft.). In the Dachstein group are found the most easterly glaciers of the Alps, of which the largest is the Karls-Eisfeld, nearly 22 m. See also:

long and 1a m. broad; the Ischler Alps with the Gamsfeld (664o ft.), the Hollengebirge with the See also:

GREAT

great Hollenkogel (61o6 ft.), and the Schafberg (5837 ft.), which is called the " Austrian Rigi." Then comes the Todtes Gebirge, with the Grosser Priel (8246 ft.) and the See also:

TRAUNSTEIN

Traunstein (5446 ft.) on the E. See also:

SHORE

shore of the See also:

TRAUN, OTTO FERDINAND, COUNT VON ABENSPERG UND (1677-1748)

Traun See also:

lake; the Pyhrgas group with the Grosser Pyhrgas (7360 ft.) and the Sengsen or Sensen group, with the Hoher Nock (6431 ft.). The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief lakes are the Traun-see or Lake of See also:

GMUNDEN

Gmunden (1383 ft. above See also:

sea-level, 9 sq. m. in extent, 623 ft. deep); the Hallstatter-see or Lake of See also:

HALLSTATT

Hallstatt (1629 ft. above sea-level, 31 sq. m. in extent, 409 ft. deep ); the Atter-see or Kammer-see (1527 ft. above.sealevel, 18 sq. m. in extent, 56o ft. deep), the largest lake in Austria; the See also:

MOND, LUDWIG (1839-1909)

Mond-see (156o ft. above the sea, 9 sq. m. in extent, 222 ft. deep) and the Aber-see or Lake of St Wolfgang (1742 ft. above sea-level, 51 sq. m. in extent, 369 ft. deep). Salzkammergut had in 1900 a See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of over 18,000. The See also:

capital of the district is Gmunden, and other places of importance are Ischl, Hallstatt and Ebensee (7656), which are important salt-See also:

MINING

mining centres. The salt extracted in Salzkammergut amounts to nearly 30% of the See also:

TOTAL

total Austrian See also:

PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production. See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

Cattle-rearing and forestry See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form the other See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal occupations of the inhabitants. See Kegele, Das Salzkammergut (Wien, 1897).

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