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Damülser Berge | Limestone layers

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N escarpment of the Damüls mountains, view in W direction to Sünser Spitze (2061 m). This cliff displays a fine sequence of Cretaceous limestone layers, originating from the N shelf of the Tethys ocean. This so-called Helvetic system is common in Switzerland, but only exposed in the very W part of Austria.