Wangenitzsee

The Wangenitzsee is an alpine lake in Carinthia, Austria. It is located in the Schober group of Hohe Tauern National Park, and is at an altitute of 2465 m above sea level (AA).

The lake lies south-east from the, just some 100 meters away from the border to East Tyrol. On its north bank lies the Wangenitzsee Hut, meaning that the lake is on the.

The lake has an area of 21.57 ha. It has a maximum depth of 48 m, with an average depth of 16.2 m. The shoreline is 2 km long, and the volume of the lake is 3487000000 m3.

In the southwestern part of the lake lie three small islands. The catchment area of the lake is relatively small, at 1.94 km2. The main inflow of the lake is the Kreuzsee, which is drained via the into the Möll.

The flora in the area around the lake consists primarily of Carex curvula and Scheuchzer's cottongrass.