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Zugspitze · 2,962 m · 15 km SW

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Wank

1,780 m5,840 ft

Prominence: 489 m1,605 ft
Isolation: 2.0 km
Tonight: -3°CPartly cloudy · Wind 15 km/h SW

Wank is a 1,780 m (5,840 ft) mountain in the Ester Mountains, Bavaria, Germany.

All facts

Elevation: 1,780 m · 5,840 ft
Nearest higher peak: Hoher Fricken (1,940 m)
Range: Ester Mountains
Region: Bavaria, Germany
Coordinates: 47.5082° N, 11.1435° E

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3D map

Wank 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Wank terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Wank elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Wank weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -3°C (27°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 15 km/h SW

Wank forecast for the summit, about 1,780 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 650 m.

Tonight-3°0.2 mm15 km/h SWBase 3°
Today-4°2°3.6 mm19 km/h WBase 2 / 9°
Sun-2°6°12.5 mm23 km/h WBase 4 / 13°
Mon-2°7°0.1 mm9 km/h SBase 4 / 14°
Tue3°14°–7 km/h SBase 9 / 21°
Wed0°5°6.2 mm6 km/h NBase 7 / 12°
Thu-3°6°–6 km/h NEBase 4 / 13°
Fri-6°7°–7 km/h SWBase 1 / 13°
Sat-5°4°0.3 mm6 km/h NBase 2 / 11°
Sun-2°2°3.3 mm6 km/h SBase 4 / 9°

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Wank

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Wank, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest hut
Wank-Haus
0.0 km NNW · +2 more within 5.5 km
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Nearest parking
2.1 km S
+2 more within 2.5 km
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Nearest caravan site
Camp am Wank
2.7 km W
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Nearest campsite
Camping Erlebnis Zugspitze
7.4 km WSW · +2 more within 7.6 km
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All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
Wank-HausHut	0.0 km NNW
Parking	2.1 km S
Parking	2.2 km SSE
Parking	2.5 km SSE
Camp am WankCaravan site	2.7 km W
Gasthof EckbauerHut	4.8 km S
Weilheimer HütteHut	5.5 km NE
Campsite	6.9 km WSW
Camping Erlebnis ZugspitzeCampsite	7.4 km WSW
Camping Resort ZugspitzeCampsite	7.6 km WSW

Slope

Share of the 10 × 10 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

36.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

36.9%

Steep, 30–45°

25.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.8%

Steeper than 30°: 27.0% of the 100 km² view
Relief in view: 1,429 m low point 650 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 74.4%Grassland 19.0%Built-up 5.4%Cropland 0.8%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the Wank summit.

Summit list 3

1Eckenberg1,749 m 0.5 km NW
2Hoher Fricken1,940 m 2.7 km NNE
3Bischof2,033 m 4.3 km NE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 1,364 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Silver Thistle47
Himalayan balsam34
Alpine Salamander30
Clusius' gentian29
Liverleaf29
Spring Heath28

Where it sits

Where Wank sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

EibseeLake · 973 m14 km WSW

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Print & wall

JPGWank 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?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,777 m at the summit; the official height is 1,780 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,780 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,777 m	-3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,772 m	-8 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

Wank

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site

Nearest campsite

Data sources