"Platten" Quotes from Famous Books
... Kolowrathoehle, of which a description is given by Guembel in his great geological work on the Bavarian Alps.[126] It is a spacious cavern, opening in a steep wall of rock above the Rositenschlucht between the Platten and Dachstein-kalk.[127] An ice-current rushes from within, and ice is found on the threshold, becoming more prevalent in the farther recesses of the cave. The lower parts are tolerably roomy, and masses of ice of various shapes are found ... — Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland • George Forrest Browne |