The Hochkönig is a mountain group containing the highest mountain Mount Hochkönig 2941m in the Berchtesgaden Alps, Salzburgerland, Austria. The Berchtesgaden Alps form part of the Northern Limestone Alps.
It lies to the west of the town of Bischofshofen in the Austrian state of Salzburg, 42 km due south of the city of Salzburg. Hochkönig is separated from the rest of the Berchtesgaden Alps, and more specifically from the Steinernes Meer stone ocean by the mountain pass Torscharte at 2246 m. Austria, Europe.
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