W
NW
N
N
NE
W
the Degree Confluence Project
E
SW
S
S
SE
E

Austria

2.6 km (1.6 miles) NNE of Pack, Steiermark, Austria
Approx. altitude: 904 m (2965 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 47°S 165°W

Quality: good

Click on any of the images for the full-sized picture.

#2: The confluence is about 50m up to the left #3: View to the north (downhill) #4: The very spot, marked with a stick #5: GPS readout

  { Main | Search | Countries | Information | Member Page | Random }

  47°N 15°E (visit #1)  

#1: View to the south (uphill)

(visited by Gert K.)

13-Jan-2001 -- My first confluence.
In a map I have seen, that there is a road passing by the confluence in a distance of about 200m, so I thought that it would be an fairly easy one. The confluence is about 3.5 km ESE of Hirschegg, a small village in the province of Styria (Steiermark)

After a 45 minutes drive from home (which is in Graz, Austria) I parked my car about 600m away from the confluence. As always wenn I go hiking, I tried to stay away from traffic as much as possible, so I went directly into the forest and did not follow the road. The confluence is on the side of a hill, and it is quite a steep hill, as I discovered...

The climb was a little bit tricky, as there was snow, not much but enough to slip more than once. But generally I got ahead quite well. As I went up the hill I came across two smaller paths. I followed the second one until the GPS readout told me that I had to turn left and the confluence was only 50 meters to my left up the hill (picture #3)

I went up and got quite quickly very close to the confluence, but while triyng to get a photo of the GPS displaying the exact coordinates of the confluence I was going in circles for quite a while. Unfortunately that photo turned out to be blurred (although I made two of them) so my can only "prove" that I was at N46°59'59.9" and E14°59'59.8". The altitude was 916 meters (picture #5).

But I marked the very spot with a little stick that I have put into the snow (picture #2). A very dense spruce tree forest, nothing special to see there. Picture #4 shows the view to the north (down the hill) picture #1 shows the view to the south (up the hill).

On my way back to my I followed the path that has led me so close to the confluence and came across two trees, which did not seem to be strong enough to carry earlier snowfalls.


 All pictures
#1: View to the south (uphill)
#2: The confluence is about 50m up to the left
#3: View to the north (downhill)
#4: The very spot, marked with a stick
#5: GPS readout
#6: trees bent under earlier snow falls
ALL: All pictures on one page