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The Grossglockner (German: Großglockner [ˈɡʁoːsˌɡlɔknɐ] ⓘ), or just Glockner, is, at 3,798 metres above the Adriatic (12,461 ft), the highest mountain in Austria and the highest mountain in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass.
The Grossglockner ( German: Großglockner [ˈɡʁoːsˌɡlɔknɐ] ⓘ ), or just Glockner, is, at 3,798 metres above the Adriatic (12,461 ft), the highest mountain in Austria and the highest mountain in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass.
Article History. Also called: Glockner. Heiligenblut village with the Grossglockner in the background, Austria. Grossglockner, 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.
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The Großglockner is the highest mountain in the Glockner Group. The Glockner Group [1] ( German: Glocknergruppe) is a sub-group of the Austrian Central Alps in the Eastern Alps, and is located in the centre section of the High Tauern on the main chain of the Alps .
- 3,798 m above sea level (AA)
- Großglockner
- High Tauern
The Grossglockner features (annually) in the Tour of Austria and was also visited by the Giro d’Italia twice (1971 and 2011). The Grossglockner’s most popular stretches are: The timed “King of the Glockner Route” from Ferleiten (1,145 m) to the Fuscher Törl – 2,428 m: 1,283 m elevation over 12.9 kilometers (took me no less than 1:19:51)
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