Grossglockner

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Grossglockner
Großglockner from behind the glass panorama tower
Highest point
Elevation	3,798 m (12,461 ft)
Prominence	2,423 m (7,949 ft) Ranked 2nd in the Alps
Listing	Country high point Ultra Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates	47°04′29.52″N 12°41′42.9″E / 47.0748667°N 12.695250°E / 47.0748667; 12.695250
Naming
Pronunciation	German: [ˌɡʁoːs ˈɡlɔknɐ]
Geography
Grossglockner Location of Grossglockner in Austria
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: 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. 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 or 12,370 ft, from German: groß 'big', klein 'small'), separated by the Glocknerscharte col.