Grossglockner
| Grossglockner | |
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Großglockner from behind the glass panorama tower
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,798 m (12,461 ft) |
| Prominence | 2,423 m (7,949 ft) Ranked 2nd in the Alps |
| Isolation | 175 kilometres (109 mi) |
| Listing |
Country high point Ultra |
| Coordinates | 47°04′29.52″N 12°41′42.9″E / 47.0748667°N 12.695250°ECoordinates: 47°04′29.52″N 12°41′42.9″E / 47.0748667°N 12.695250°E |
| Naming | |
| Pronunciation | German: [ˌɡʁoːs ˈɡlɔknɐ] |
| Geography | |
 Grossglockner
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| Location | Carinthia & East Tyrol, Austria |
| Parent range | Hohe Tauern |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 28 July 1800, by Sepp and Martin Klotz (?), Martin Reicher and two others |
| Easiest route | PD, glacier 35°, UIAA II |
The Grossglockner (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʀoːsˌɡlɔknɐ]; German: Großglockner 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. It is part of the larger Glockner Group of the Hohe Tauern range, situated along the main ridge of the Central Eastern Alps and the Alpine divide. The Pasterze, Austria's most extended glacier, lies on the Grossglockner's eastern slope.
The characteristic pyramid-shaped peak actually consists of two pinnacles, the Grossglockner and the Kleinglockner (3,770 m (12,370 ft), from German: gross, "big", klein, "small"), separated by the Glocknerscharte col.
The name Glocknerer is first documented in a 1561 map designed by the Viennese cartographer Wolfgang Lazius. The denotation Glogger is mentioned a 1583 description of the Tyrolean Kals legal district, then referring to the whole ridge south of the Alpine main chain. In the 1760s, the Atlas Tyrolensis listed a Glockner Berg, the prefix Gross- ("great") is not mentioned before the first expedition in 1799.
According to the scholar Belsazar Hacquet (1735–1815), Glockner is possibly derived from German: Glocke ("bell"), referring to the mountain's characteristic shape. It may also be a Germanised version of the Alpine Slavic word Klek ("mountain"), as maintained in the Slovene name Veliki Klek.
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