Königspitze
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The Königspitze (; ) is a mountain of the Ortler Alps on the border between South Tyrol and the Province of Sondrio (Lombardy), Italy. After the Ortler, it is the second highest peak in the Ortler Alps, at a height of 3,851m.
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- Mountain.name
- Königspitze
- Mountain.photo
- Sua Maestà il Gran Zebrù.jpg
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3851
- Mountain.listing
- Alpine mountains above 3000 m
- Mountain.location
- Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol / Lombardy (both Italy)
- Mountain.range
- Ortler Alps
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 24 August 1854 by Stephan Steinberger, or 3 August 1864 by Tuckett, Buxton and the Biner Brothers
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- Königspitze
- topographic prominence
- 424
- located in protected area
- Stelvio National Park
- topographic isolation
- 3.64
- mountain range
- Ortler Alps
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The Königspitze (; ) is a mountain of the Ortler Alps on the border between South Tyrol and the Province of Sondrio (Lombardy), Italy. After the Ortler, it is the second highest peak in the Ortler Alps, at a height of 3,851m.
The mountain was first climbed on August 3, 1854. The mountain can be dangerous in warm weather, when the snow and ice can become unstable. The worst day for climbing fatalities on the mountain occurred on August 5, 1997, when seven people were killed in two separate incidents. On June 23, 2013, six were killed, also in two separate incidents. In March, 2018, three skiers died in an avalanche.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Königspitze” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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