Steinernes Meer

Steinernes Meer
View from Großer Hundstod over the plateau of the Steinernes Meer
Highest point
PeakSelbhorn
Elevation2,655 m above sea level (AA)
Geography
Steinernes Meer is located in Alps
Steinernes Meer
Steinernes Meer
CountriesGermany and Austria
StatesBavaria and Salzburg
Range coordinates47°29′42″N 12°55′12″E / 47.495°N 12.92°E / 47.495; 12.92
Parent rangeBerchtesgaden Alps
Geology
OrogenyKarst stock
Rock type(s)230 million years, Dachstein limestone
over Ramsau dolomite from the Triassic

The Steinernes Meer (literally "Rocky Sea") is a high karst plateau in the Northern Limestone Alps. As one of the nine sub-ranges of the Berchtesgaden Alps the Steinernes Meer belongs partly to Bavaria and partly to Salzburg.