Großvenediger

thumb|Großvenediger seen from the north Großvenediger () is the main peak of the Venediger Group within the Hohe Tauern mountain range, on the border of the Austrian state of Tyrol (East Tyrol) with Salzburg. It is generally considered to be Austria's fourth highest mountain (although it can be up to sixteenth if every subsidiary summit is counted). The summit, covered by glaciers, is part of the Hohe Tauern National Park.

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Mountain.name: Großvenediger
Mountain.photo: Großvenediger Süd.JPG
Mountain.photo_caption: The south face of the Großvenediger
Mountain.elevation_m: 3,666
Mountain.listing: Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Mountain.prominence_m: 1,199
Mountain.translation: Great Venetian
Mountain.language: German
Mountain.location: Salzburg & East Tyrol, Austria
Mountain.range: Hohe TauernVenediger Group
Mountain.topo: ÖK50 152
Mountain.first_ascent: 1841

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Elevation: 3660
Image: Großvenediger Süd.JPG

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Commons category: Großvenediger
Commons gallery: Großvenediger
topographic prominence: 1185
topographic isolation: 26.0

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Name
Climbing history
Main routes to the summit
Northern Ascent
Eastern Ascent
Southern Ascent
See also
References

==Name== Originally known as Stützerkopf, the name Großvenediger () is first recorded from a 1797 border survey. The origin of this name is unclear, probably deriving from Venetian merchants on their way over the mountain passes. An alternative theory is that the view from the summit may reach as far as Venice, some away, however, this is not in accordance with the facts. thumb|left|Johannishütte with Großvenediger, photochrom print, The author and mountaineer Ignaz von Kürsinger (1795–1861), one of the first climbers of the Großvenediger in 1840, coined the epithet weltalte Majestät (World-old Majesty).