Grossglockner
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Elevation
3,798 m
Coordinates
47.0742, 12.6944
Category
mountains
Overview
Highest peak in Austria and the Eastern Alps, crowned by a famous alpine road.
About
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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