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Grossglockner

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Grossglockner

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Also known as Glockner

The Großglockner ( ), or just Glockner, is, at 3,798 metres above the Adriatic (12,461 ft), the highest mountain in Austria and highest mountain in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass. It is part of the larger Glockner Group of the Hohe Tauern range, situated along the main ridge of the Central Eastern Alps and the Alpine divide. The Pasterze, Austria's most extended glacier, lies on the Grossglockner's eastern slope.

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The Großglockner is Austria's highest mountain at 3,798 meters, standing as the tallest peak in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass. It holds significance as part of the Hohe Tauern range in the Central Eastern Alps and is home to the Pasterze, Austria's largest glacier.

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Key facts

Mountain.range
Hohe Tauern
Mountain.name
Grossglockner
Mountain.photo
Großglockner from behind the glass panorama tower.JPG
Mountain.photo_caption
Großglockner from behind the glass panorama tower
Mountain.elevation_m
3798
Mountain.prominence_m
2423
Mountain.prominence_ref
Ranked 2nd in the Alps
Mountain.map
Austria
Mountain.map_caption
Location of Großglockner in Austria
Mountain.label_position
right
Mountain.listing
Country high pointUltra Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Mountain.location
Carinthia & East Tyrol, Austria
Mountain.first_ascent
28 July 1800, by Sepp and Martin Klotz (?), Martin Reicher and two others
Mountain.easiest_route
PD, glacier 35°, UIAA II

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Geography
  • Location and area
  • Topography
  • History
  • First ascent
  • Development
  • High Alpine Road
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

The Großglockner ( ), or just Glockner, is, at 3,798 metres above the Adriatic (12,461 ft), the highest mountain in Austria and highest mountain in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass. It is part of the larger Glockner Group of the Hohe Tauern range, situated along the main ridge of the Central Eastern Alps and the Alpine divide. The Pasterze, Austria's most extended glacier, lies on the Grossglockner's eastern slope.

The characteristic pyramid-shaped peak actually consists of two pinnacles, the Großglockner and the Kleinglockner (, from German: groß 'big', klein 'small'), separated by the Glocknerscharte col.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grossglockner” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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