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Eastern Alps

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Großglockner (3798 m/12,461 ft)
Countries	Austria (58%), Italy (29%), Slovenia (8%), Hungary (5%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	Steiermark (16%), Veneto (14%), Niederösterreich (9%), Kärnten (9%), Trentino-Alto Adige (9%), Oberösterreich (8%), Friuli-Venezia Giulia (7%), Tirol (6%), Salzburg (5%), Burgenland (4%), Győr-Moson-Sopron (3%), Vas (2%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	104,124 sq km / 40,202 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	387 km / 240 mi North-South 554 km / 344 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	46° 50' N; 14° 7' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Eastern Alps
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Eastern Alps.

Alps	Level 2 (Parent)
Western Alps	Level 3 (Sibling)
Northern Alps	Level 3 (Sibling)
Southern Alps	Level 3 (Sibling)
Eastern Alps	Level 3
Tirol Alpen	Level 4 (Child)
Hohe Tauern	Level 4 (Child)
Dolomites	Level 4 (Child)
Carnic Alps	Level 4 (Child)
Salzkammergut	Level 4 (Child)
Eastern Austria	Level 4 (Child)
Niedere Tauern	Level 4 (Child)
Noric Alps	Level 4 (Child)
Julian Alps	Level 4 (Child)
Karawanken	Level 4 (Child)

Major Peaks of the Eastern Alps

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Großglockner	3798	12,461	Hohe Tauern
2.	Wildspitze	3768	12,362	Tirol Alpen
3.	Weißkugel	3738	12,264	Tirol Alpen
4.	Großvenediger	3666	12,028	Hohe Tauern
5.	Hintere Schwärze	3624	11,890	Tirol Alpen
6.	Similaun	3599	11,808	Tirol Alpen
7.	Groß Wiesbachhorn	3564	11,693	Hohe Tauern
8.	Rainerhorn	3559	11,677	Hohe Tauern
9.	Großer Ramolkogel	3550	11,647	Tirol Alpen
10.	Hochvernagtspitze	3535	11,598	Tirol Alpen
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Großglockner	3798	12,461	Hohe Tauern
2.	Wildspitze	3768	12,362	Tirol Alpen
3.	Marmolada	3342	10,965	Dolomites
4.	Grosser Hafner	3076	10,092	Noric Alps
5.	Hoher Dachstein	2995	9826	Salzkammergut
6.	Triglav	2864	9396	Julian Alps
7.	Hochgolling	2862	9390	Niedere Tauern
8.	Monte Coglians	2780	9121	Carnic Alps
9.	Grintovec	2558	8392	Karawanken
10.	Hochtor	2369	7772	Eastern Austria

Photos of Peaks in the Eastern Alps

Großglockner The Grossglockner's summit is in and out of clouds (1993-08-05).	Wildspitze Wildspitze from Taschachferner (northwest) (2018-09-15). Photo by Flo Z. Click here for larger-size photo.
Großvenediger This photo is de North-West wall of the Grossvenediger, Half way summit and Kürsinger Hütte (2013-07-31). Photo by Nico Langerak. Click here for larger-size photo.	Similaun Similaun, final meters to summit (2013-07-26). Photo by Nico Langerak. Click here for larger-size photo.
Hochfeiler Hochfeiler / Gran Pilastro (2009-08-07). Photo by Szaniszló Uherkovich. Click here for larger-size photo.	Hochgall Hochgall seen from the west. To the left the pre-summit Graues Nöckl, on the right side Wildgall (3273) (2017-10-11). Photo by Johannes Lö. Click here for larger-size photo.
Hocharn Hocharn summit with 2 crosses (2018-07-14). Photo by Nico Langerak. Click here for larger-size photo.	Rauchkofel Not a friendly place. The peak of Rauhkofel (2007-08-18). Photo by Szaniszló Uherkovich. Click here for larger-size photo.
Tofana di Mezzo Tofana di Mezzo - the highest of the 3 Tofanas (2011-08-20). Photo by Szaniszló Uherkovich. Click here for larger-size photo.	Fernerköpfl Via ferrata near the peak of Fernerköpfl (2007-08-19). Photo by Szaniszló Uherkovich. Click here for larger-size photo.

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