Grossglockner

Grossglockner
Gross·glock·ner (grōsʹglŏkʹnər)
A peak, 3,799.4 m (12,457 ft) high, of southern Austria in the Hohe Tauern range of the Alps. It is the highest elevation in the range and the highest point of the country.

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Highest peak in Austria, in the Hohe Tauern range.

It reaches an elevation of 12,457 ft (3,797 m) and was first climbed in 1800. A noted glacier on the mountain is the Pasterze Glacier, 5 mi (8 km) long and 3 mi (5 km) wide. Winter sports, mountain climbing, and beautiful scenery have made Grossglockner a tourist attraction.

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also called  Glockner,  
 highest peak (12,460 feet [3,798 metres]) in Austria and in the Hohe Tauern (range of the Eastern Alps). It lies astride the border between Bundesländer (federal states) Tirol and Kärnten. The most magnificent of the glaciers on the mountain is the Pasterze Glacier, 5 miles (8 km) long and 3 miles (5 km) wide. The Grossglockner-Hochalpenstrasse, a highway (opened 1935) connecting Dölfach to the north with Heiligenblut to the south, lies to the east of the peak. The road has two tunnels (the Mitteltörl and Hochtor), and a branch road leads to the base of the Pasterze Glacier. Winter sports, mountain climbing, and beautiful scenery make the peak a noted tourist attraction. It was first climbed in 1800.

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