Grossglockner
The Großglockner, or just Glockner, is, at 3,798 metres above the Adriatic, the highest mountain in Austria and highest mountain in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,798 metres
- Description: highest mountain in Austria
- Also known as: “Glockner”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kleinglockner and Obere Glocknerscharte.
Kleinglockner
Peak
Photo: Eintragung ins Nichts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
At the height of 3,770 metres the Kleinglockner is the third highest mountain summit in Austria. However, with a prominence of only 17 metres it is arguable whether it can be counted as an independent mountain, or just as a subpeak of the Großglockner.
Obere Glocknerscharte
Mountain saddle
Photo: Eintragung ins Nichts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Obere Glocknerscharte is a mountain saddle.
Teufelshorn
Peak
Photo: Berbl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Glocknerhorn and Teufelshorn are two nearby mountain peaks in the Glockner Group in the Austrian Central Alps in the central part of the High Tauern.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sonderschutzgebiet Gamsgrube and Oberes Beil.
Sonderschutzgebiet Gamsgrube
Locality
Photo: Raul de Chissota, Public domain.
Sonderschutzgebiet Gamsgrube is a locality.
Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe
Locality
Photo: Papa1234, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe is part of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road. The end point of a cul-de-sac and lookout point is in Austria in the Glockner Group in Carinthia at an altitude of 2,369 m above sea level.
Grossglockner
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Kals, Lienz District, Tyrol, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.07455° or 47° 4′ 28″ northLongitude
12.69388° or 12° 41′ 38″ eastElevation
3,798 metres (12,461 feet)Open location code
8FVJ3MFV+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 26863041OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Grossglockner” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غروسغلوكنر”
- Armenian: “Գրոսգլոկկներ”
- Armenian: “Գրոսգլոկներ”
- Basque: “Grossglockner”
- Bavarian: “Groaßglockner”
- Belarusian: “Гара Гросглокнер”
- Belarusian: “Гросглёкнэр”
- Belarusian: “Гросглокнер”
- Bosnian: “Großglockner”
- Breton: “Großglockner”
- Bulgarian: “Гросглокнер”
- Catalan: “Grossglockner”
- Catalan: “Großglockner”
- Cebuano: “Großglockner”
- Chinese: “大格洛克納山”
- Croatian: “Grossglockner”
- Czech: “Grossglockner”
- Czech: “Großglockner”
- Czech: “Veliký Zvon”
- Czech: “Velký Zvon”
- Danish: “Großglockner”
- Dutch: “Großglockner”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جروسجلوكنر”
- Esperanto: “Großglockner”
- Estonian: “Grossglockner”
- Estonian: “Großglockner”
- Finnish: “Grossglockner”
- French: “Grossglockner”
- French: “Großglockner”
- Georgian: “გროსგლოკნერი”
- German: “Glockner”
- German: “Grossglockner”
- German: “Großglockner”
- Greek: “Γκροσγκλόκνερ”
- Hebrew: “גרוסגלוקנר”
- Hungarian: “Großglockner”
- Icelandic: “Grossglockner”
- Indonesian: “Grossglockner”
- Interlingue: “Großglockner”
- Italian: “Grossglockner”
- Italian: “Großglockner”
- Japanese: “グロースグロックナー山”
- Korean: “그로스글로크너산”
- Kurdish: “Großglockner”
- Ladin: “Grossglockner”
- Ladin: “Großglockner”
- Latvian: “Grosglokners”
- Lithuanian: “Grosglokneris”
- Lombard: “Großglockner”
- Macedonian: “Велики Клек”
- Macedonian: “Гросглокнер”
- Moroccan Arabic: “ڭروس ڭلوكنر”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Großglockner”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Großglockner”
- Norwegian: “Großglockner”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Grossglockner”
- Persian: “گروسگلوکنر”
- Polish: “Grossglockner”
- Polish: “Großglockner”
- Portuguese: “Grossglockner”
- Romanian: “Großglockner”
- Russian: “Гросглоккнер”
- Russian: “Гросглокнер”
- Scots: “Grossglockner”
- Serbian: “Гросглокнер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Grossglockner”
- Slovak: “Glockner”
- Slovak: “Grossglockner”
- Slovak: “Großglockner”
- Slovenian: “Veliki Klek”
- Spanish: “Grossglockner”
- Spanish: “Großglockner”
- Swahili: “Grossglockner”
- Swedish: “Grossglockner”
- Turkish: “Grossglockner”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Ґлокнер”
- Ukrainian: “Ґросглокнер”
- Ukrainian: “Ґросґлокнер”
- Venetian: “Großglockner”
- Vietnamese: “Grossglockner”
- Welsh: “Großglockner”
- Western Panjabi: “گروسگلوکنر”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Grögerschneid and Glocknerhorn.
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