Edelweißspitze
Sign in to saveThe '''' is a summit in High Tauern, located in Salzburg, Austria north of the Alpine divide. It can be accessed by car from Edelweißstraße, a branch-off from Grossglockner High Alpine Road, starting from Fuscher Törl and is the highest-accessible point of the road. Originally, its height was 2577m before building the parking lot and was named Poneck, Leitenkogel or Bergerkogel''. It serves as a scenic viewpoint of the High Tauern National Park with views to summits of the Glockner Group. In north-west direction, there is a hut which includes a restaurant.
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- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Austria
- Located in
- Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße
- Elevation
- 2572
- Image
- Edelweissspitze.JPG
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- Edelweißspitze
- topographic isolation
- 1.13
- mountain range
- Glockner Group
- named by
- Franz Wallack
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The '''' is a summit in High Tauern, located in Salzburg, Austria north of the Alpine divide. It can be accessed by car from Edelweißstraße, a branch-off from Grossglockner High Alpine Road, starting from Fuscher Törl and is the highest-accessible point of the road. Originally, its height was 2577m before building the parking lot and was named Poneck, Leitenkogel or Bergerkogel''. It serves as a scenic viewpoint of the High Tauern National Park with views to summits of the Glockner Group. In north-west direction, there is a hut which includes a restaurant.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edelweißspitze” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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