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List of highest mountains of Austria

List of highest mountains of Austria

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This page shows the highest mountains in Austria as well as the highest mountains in each mountain range and in each of the Austrian states. The heights are given in metres above the Adriatic Sea.

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Highest mountains in Austria

This table lists about 150 Austrian summits above 3150 m with a topographic prominence of at least 150 m and nine peaks of note with a slightly lower re-ascent. Only those mountains with a prominence of 150 m or more are ranked.

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Highest mountain of each range

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The ranges correspond to those listed for Austria in the AVE. (→ see diagram) If the highest mountain in a range is not within Austrian national territory it is not shown in the list. (e.g.: Piz Linard (3,411m), highest mountain in the Silvretta)

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Highest mountain of each federal state

The states of Austria: B Burgenland, K Carinthia, NÖ Lower Austria, OÖ Upper Austria, S Salzburg, St Styria, T Tyrol, V Vorarlberg, W Vienna
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Heights are from the Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen Austrian maps online or the relevant Alpine Club Guide or Alpine Club map. Assume an error rate of up to 10 m, as height estimates can vary dramatically between sources. For example, the Großvenediger summit is 3657 m on the Austrian maps online, 3666 or 3667 m in much literature (e.g. in End & Peterka, 2006), but 3674 m in most literature and on most websites. Some of the discrepancies stem from snowmelt. For instance, until the 20th century the snowy north peak of the Wildspitze was the higher summit (then measured at 3772 m), but it now is at least 5 meters lower than the rocky south summit, which is 3768 or 3770 m. Indeed, the 3674 m estimate for the snow cap of Großvenediger dates from the mid 19th-century or earlier .
  2. [2]
    Ca = Carinthia, ET = East Tyrol, NT = North Tyrol, Sb = Salzburg, Vb = Vorarlberg. For mountains on international borders Gb = Graubünden (Switzerland) and ST = South Tyrol (Italy).
  3. [3]
    Prominence estimates have an even higher error range than summit heights, as the pass height estimates vary too while not all low points between peaks have been measured.
  4. [4]
    Most ascents in 1852-1854 were made by locals, soldiers, or surveyors in the context of a cartographic survey. Main sources are Die Erschliessung der Ostalpen: 1-3, Eduard Richter ed., Verlag des Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenverein, Berlin, 1893-94 and the Alpenverein guides to the various ranges
  5. [5]
    A poorly recorded ascent noted by Archduke John of Austria in 1846. The first well-documented ascent was in 1861.
  6. [6]
    Approximation
  7. [7]
    Klier (page 246) gives a height of 3456 m rather than the more common 3452 m to the south peak of the Vordere Ölgrubenspitze, making it just higher than the neighboring 3453/3454 m Bliggspitze. In that case the prominence values of the peaks are basically reversed, and the Ölgrubenspitze is 3.4 km away from the next highest point
  8. [8]
    The high point of Hochgall is in South Tyrol, Italy, the border veering off at 3,354 m on the NE ridge
  9. [9]
    First recorded surveyor or touristic ascent, but probably climbed earlier by locals
  10. [10]
    The Tuxer ridge of the Zillertaler Alps is often regarded as part of the Tux Alps, of which the Olperer would be the highest summit.

Sources

  • Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Austrian Map online
  • Günter Flaig, Silvretta Alpen, Bergverlag Rother, 2005, ISBN 978-3-7633-1097-5
  • Walter Klier, Ötztaler Alpen, Bergverlag Rother, 2006, ISBN 978-3-7633-1123-1
  • Walter Klier, Stubaier Alpen, Bergverlag Rother, 2006, ISBN 978-3-7633-1271-9
  • Walter Klier, Zillertaler Alpen, Bergverlag Rother, 2005, ISBN 978-3-7633-1269-6
  • Willi End and Hubert Peterka, Venedigergruppe, Bergverlag Rother, 2006, ISBN 978-3-7633-1242-9
  • Willi End, Glockner- und Granatspitzgruppe, Bergverlag Rother, 2011, ISBN 978-3-7633-1266-5
  • Classification of Eastern Alps are according to Mathias Zehring Alpenvereinseinteilung der Ostalpen, at bergalbum.de.
  • Prominence data for the highest mountain of each range are from Eberhard Jurgalski's Table of summits in the Alps separated by 590 metres of re-ascent.
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