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Birkkarspitze

2,749 m9,019 ft

Prominence: 1,565 m5,136 ft
Isolation: 27 km
Tonight: -11°CFog · Wind 6 km/h W

Birkkarspitze is a 2,749 m (9,019 ft) mountain in the Karwendel, Tyrol, Austria.

All facts

Elevation: 2,749 m · 9,019 ft
Nearest higher peak: Rosenjoch (2,796 m)
Range: Karwendel
Region: Tyrol, Austria
Coordinates: 47.4124° N, 11.4251° E

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3D map

Birkkarspitze 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Birkkarspitze terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Birkkarspitze elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Birkkarspitze weather

Tonight · Fog · -11°C (12°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 6 km/h W

Birkkarspitze forecast for the summit, about 2,749 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,018 m.

Tonight-11°0.3 mm6 km/h WBase 0°
Today-11°-6°2.4 mm15 km/h WBase 0 / 5°
Sun-9°-1°8.8 mm16 km/h SBase 1 / 9°
Mon-9°-2°0.1 mm6 km/h WBase 2 / 9°
Tue-3°7°–4 km/h SWBase 8 / 17°
Wed-5°1°3.9 mm6 km/h NBase 5 / 11°
Thu-8°1°–3 km/h NEBase 2 / 11°
Fri-9°1°–4 km/h NWBase 1 / 12°
Sat-9°-1°0.1 mm6 km/h NWBase 1 / 9°
Sun-8°-3°2.3 mm4 km/h SWBase 2 / 7°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 10.2 × 10.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

10.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

29.0%

Steep, 30–45°

40.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

19.4%

Steeper than 30°: 60.1% of the 104 km² view
Relief in view: 1,715 m low point 1,018 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 38.8%Grassland 33.1%Bare rock / sparse 24.8%Snow & ice 1.9%Moss & lichen 1.4%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5.1 km, measured from the Birkkarspitze summit.

Summit list 7

1Marxenkarspitze2,637 m 1.6 km WSW
2Kaltwasserkarspitze2,733 m 2.2 km ESE
3Sägezähne2,660 m 2.3 km SE
4Rauhkarlspitze2,619 m 2.6 km ESE
5Große Seekarspitze2,677 m 2.7 km WSW
6Südliche Sonnenspitze2,668 m 4.9 km SE
7Nördliche Sonnenspitze2,650 m 4.9 km ESE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.1 km; 567 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Northern Chamois21
Hairy Alpenrose20
Colostygia turbata17
Moss Campion16
Chamois Cress16
Blue Saxifrage15

Where it sits

Where Birkkarspitze sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

MondscheinspitzePeak · 2,106 m15 km ENE

Birkkarspitze downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGBirkkarspitze satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

16 m low This 3D map reads 2,733 m at the summit; the official height is 2,749 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 31 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,749 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,733 m	-16 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,718 m	-31 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-24)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia