Hochalmspitze
Sign in to saveThe Hochalmspitze (3,360 metres above the Adriatic (11,020 ft)) is located east of Mallnitz in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is sometimes called "Tauern Queen" () as a counterpart to the "Tauern King", the Grossglockner.
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- Hochalmspitze
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- Hochalmspitze
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3360
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 942
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- Alpine mountains above 3000 m
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- Location in the Alps
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- Carinthia, Austria
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- High TauernAnkogel Group
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- 1859, by Paul Grohmann (?)
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The Hochalmspitze (3,360 metres above the Adriatic (11,020 ft)) is located east of Mallnitz in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is sometimes called "Tauern Queen" () as a counterpart to the "Tauern King", the Grossglockner.
==Geography== thumb|left|View from West The peak is situated slightly south the main ridge of the Central Eastern Alps and the Alpine divide. It actually consists of two pinnacles, the Schneeige Hochalmspitze and the higher Apere ("snowless") Hochalmspitze with the summit cross. It has glaciers on its eastern and southern sides. The neighbouring Großelendkopf peak, at , today counts as a separate mountain.