High Tauern
The High Tauern are a mountain range on the main chain of the Central Eastern Alps, comprising the highest peaks east of the Brenner Pass. The crest forms the southern border of the Austrian states of Salzburg, Carinthia and East Tyrol, with a small part in the southwest belongs to the Italian province of South Tyrol.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,322 metres
- Description: mountain range on the main chain of the Central Eastern Alps
- Also known as: “Hoge Tauern”, “Hohen Tauern”, “Υψηλά Τάουερν”, and “Тауэрн Высокий”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Langsee and Felbertauern.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Innerer First and Innergschlöß.
Innerer First
Locality
High Tauern
- Categories: alpine subsection and landform
- Location: Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.16667° or 47° 10′ north
Longitude
12.5° or 12° 30′ east
Elevation
2,322 metres (7,618 feet)
Open location code
8FVJ5G82+M2
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“High Tauern” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բարձր Թաուերն”
- Basque: “Hohe Tauern”
- Belarusian: “Высокі Таўэрн”
- Bulgarian: “Висок Тауерн”
- Catalan: “Hohe Tauern”
- Cebuano: “Hohe Tauern”
- Chinese: “高地陶恩山脈”
- Croatian: “Hohe Tauern”
- Croatian: “Visoke Ture”
- Czech: “Vysoké Taury”
- Danish: “Hohe Tauern”
- Dutch: “Hohe Tauern”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هوهى تاورن”
- Esperanto: “Hohe Tauern”
- Estonian: “Kõrg-Tauern”
- Finnish: “Hohe Tauern”
- French: “Hohe Tauern”
- Georgian: “მაღალი ტაუერნი”
- German: “Hohe Tauern”
- Greek: “Χόε Τάουερν”
- Hungarian: “Magas-Tauern”
- Indonesian: “Hohe Tauern”
- Italian: “Alti Tauri”
- Korean: “호헤타우에른산맥”
- Latin: “Thurus Mons”
- Latvian: “Augstais Tauerns”
- Lithuanian: “Aukštasis Tauernas”
- Macedonian: “Високи Таури”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hohe Tauern”
- Persian: “های تاورن”
- Polish: “Wysokie Taury”
- Portuguese: “Alpes Tauern”
- Romanian: “Hohe Tauern”
- Russian: “Высокий Тауэрн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Visoki Tauern”
- Slovak: “Vysoké Taury”
- Slovenian: “Zahodne Ture”
- Spanish: “Alto Tauern”
- Spanish: “Hohe Tauern”
- Swedish: “Hohe Tauern”
- Tatar: “Биек Таувэрн”
- Turkish: “Yüksek Tauern Dağları”
- Ukrainian: “Високий Тауерн”
- Venetian: “Alti Tauri”
- Vietnamese: “Hohe Tauern”
- Vietnamese: “Thượng Tauern”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Heidnische Kirche and Tauernfleck.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Fürleg and Huggachköpfe.
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Worth a closer look: Vienna and Salzburg.
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